keta

American  

[kee-tuh] / ˈki tə /

noun

1. chum salmon.

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Etymology

Origin of keta

1900–05; < Russian kéta, earlier ketá < Evenki (eastern dialects) kēta, or < cognates in other Tungusic languages

Example Sentences

Go down to Elliott's, do yourself a big favor and have some oysters, and then order the Yukon keta salmon.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2010

I tāni rāni siggerdas ta keravit, te pā shov divvus yoi táderedas adrom, kūshti zī, pā lis te sārkon chirus adré o shab yoi bítcherdas plāchta keta krallis. 

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey

These species may be called the quinnat or king salmon, the blue-back salmon or red-fish, the silver salmon, the dog salmon, and the hump-back salmon, or Oncorhynchus chouicha, nerka, kisutch, keta, and gorbuscha.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

I would say, "poka te keta pan;" in the Mexican language that is interpreted "very little bread."

From The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail by Ryus, William H.

The usual order of running in the rivers is as follows: nerka, chouicha, kisutch, gorbuscha, keta.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various