keta

See also: kẹta, ketä, ķetā, and ķeta

English

Etymology

From Evenki [Term?].

Noun

keta (plural ketas)

  1. 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)

  1. (slang) Clipping of ketamine.
    Synonym: ket

Gonja

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Gikyode gita, Chumburung ke̱ta, Nawuri kɩta, Nkonya ɩta.

Noun

keta

  1. bow

Japanese

Romanization

keta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of けた

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кета (keta).

Noun

keta f (uncountable)

  1. chum salmon

Declension
declension of keta (singular only)
singular
f gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) keta ketaua
genitive/dative (unei) - -i
vocative

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kette.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: ke‧ta

Noun

keta f

  1. chain

Further reading

Tocharian B

Etymology

Probably a learned borrowing from Pali khetta.

Noun

keta ?

  1. garden, field

Derived terms

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
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