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English
Etymology
From Evenki .
Noun
keta (plural ketas)
- A small salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) of North America.
1810, John Smith, A System of Modern Geography:The rivers in June, July, and August, abound with ketas, and hump-backed salmon.
Anagrams
Dutch
Noun
keta c (uncountable)
- (slang) Clipping of ketamine.
- Synonym: ket
Gonja
Etymology
Possibly cognate with Gikyode gita, Chumburung ke̱ta, Nawuri kɩta, Nkonya ɩta.
Noun
keta
- bow
Japanese
Romanization
keta
- Rōmaji transcription of けた
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кета (keta).
Noun
keta f (uncountable)
- chum salmon
Declension
declension of keta (singular only)
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(o) keta
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ketaua
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Silesian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ta/
- Rhymes: -ɛta
- Syllabification: ke‧ta
Noun
keta f
- chain
Further reading
Tocharian B
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Tocharian B keta
Probably a learned borrowing from Pali khetta.
Noun
keta ?
- garden, field
Derived terms
- ketāṣṣe (“pertaining to fields, horticultural”)
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “keta”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 204