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English
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Etymology 1
Clipping of parakeet
Noun
keet (plural keets)
- (colloquial) A lorikeet or parakeet.
Etymology 2
onomatopoeia
Noun
keet (plural keets)
- A guineafowl.
- A young guineafowl.
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kete, of uncertain origin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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Noun
keet m or f (plural keten, diminutive keetje n)
- a shack or stand
- a barrack, shed, shanty
- a row, unruliness, especially in keet schoppen; rumble, frolicking
- a salt container; a salt boiling installation
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