kete

See also: ke-te

English

Etymology

From Maori [Term?].

Noun

kete (plural ketes)

1. A Maori woven basket.

Chuukese

Etymology

ke- +‎ -te

Pronoun

kete

1. Alternative form of kote

Related terms

		Present and past tense	Negative tense	Future	Negative future	Distant future	Negative determinate
Singular	First person	ua	use	upwe	usap	upwap	ute
	Second person	ka, ke	kose, kese	kopwe, kepwe	kosap, kesap	kopwap, kepwap	kote, kete
	Third person	a	ese	epwe	esap	epwap	ete
Plural	First person	aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive)	ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive)	aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive)	ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive)	aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive)	aute (exclusive) site (inclusive)
	Second person	oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	Third person	ra, re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

Estonian

Noun

kete

1. genitive plural of kesi

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kete (“basket”).

Noun

kete

1. basket

Synonyms

• rawhi
• roroi
• taiaroa
• raurau (“basket, container”)

Hyponyms

• rahu (“food collection basket”)
• rourou (“food basket”)

Further reading

• “kete” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle English

Noun

kete

1. Alternative form of kyte

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

kete (n class, plural kete)

1. (games) a playing piece or dice

Adverb

kete

1. quietly

Tocharian B

Pronoun

kete

1. Alternative form of ket (“whose”)

Turkish

Etymology

Related to Middle Armenian գաթայ (gatʻay). According to Ačaṙyan, borrowed from Armenian.

Noun

kete

1. gata

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաթայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 500

Yoruba

Etymology

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *dede or Proto-Yoruba *gede, from Proto-Edekiri *dede, ultimately from Proto-Yoruba *dVdV, see Olukumi gèdè, Itsekiri dede, Igala dẹdẹ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kē.tē/

Noun

kete

1. (Ekiti, Idanre, Western Akoko) all, every, everyone, everything

   Synonyms: gbogbo, dede, gede

   Kete ulé sị́kọ́n? ― What about everyone in the house?

Usage notes

This noun often looks and acts as a qualifier or determiner, and while usually before nouns, but less commonly comes after. Some examples:

• Kete ọmọ Èkìtì lị ị́ jẹ ịyán ― All Ekiti people eat pounded yam
• Ulé kete ria ni ― The house belongs to all of us

Derived terms

• Èkìtì kete