keten

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَتَّان (kattān). Compare Azerbaijani kətan.

Noun

keten

  1. cotton, fabric, textile.

Declension

Declension of keten
nominative keten
genitive ketenniñ
dative ketenge
accusative ketenni
locative ketende
ablative ketenden

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeː.tə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ke‧ten
  • Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ketene, from Old Dutch *ketina, from Latin catēna. Compare Old High German ketina (German Kette).

Noun

keten f (plural ketenen or ketens, diminutive ketentje n)

  1. chain, fetter, shackle
  2. (figuratively) chain (of events or businesses)
  3. (figuratively) a network of civil society organisations, healthcare institutions, government agencies, etc., working together to provide coordinated social or medical care to a specific category of patients or other citizens
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Sranan Tongo: keti, ketin

Etymology 2

From keet.

Verb

keten

  1. (intransitive) to fool around noisily and hyperactively
Conjugation
Conjugation of keten (weak)
infinitive keten
past singular keette
past participle gekeet
infinitive keten
gerund keten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular keet keette
2nd person sing. (jij) keet keette
2nd person sing. (u) keet keette
2nd person sing. (gij) keet keette
3rd person singular keet keette
plural keten keetten
subjunctive sing.1 kete keette
subjunctive plur.1 keten keetten
imperative sing. keet
imperative plur.1 keet
participles ketend gekeet
1) Archaic.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

keten

  1. plural of keet

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كتان, from Arabic كَتَّان (kattān), from Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ (kettānā, “flax; linen”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒃰 (kitûm, “flax”), 𒄀𒆤 (kītum, “mat”), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, “flax”), 𒄀𒆤 (gikid, “mat”) and Old Armenian կտաւ (ktaw, “flax”).

Noun

keten (definite accusative keteni, plural ketenler)

  1. flax (plant)
  2. linen
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