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

• Kate, kate, take, teak

Dutch

Noun

keta c (uncountable)

1. (slang) Clipping of ketamine.

   Synonym: ket

Japanese

Romanization

keta

1. Rōmaji transcription of けた

Romanian

Etymology

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): /ˈkɛ.ta/
• Syllabification: ke‧ta

Noun

keta f

1. chain

Further reading

• keta in silling.org

Tocharian B

Etymology

Probably a learned borrowing from Pali khetta.

Noun

keta ?

1. 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