kete
See also: ke-te
Chuukese edit
Etymology edit
Pronoun edit
kete
- Alternative form of kote
Related terms edit
Present and past tense | Negative tense | Future | Negative future | Distant future | Negative determinate | ||
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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 edit
Noun edit
kete
Maori edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *kete (“basket”).
Noun edit
kete
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
kete
- Alternative form of kyte
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
kete (n class, plural kete)
Adverb edit
kete
Tocharian B edit
Pronoun edit
kete
- Alternative form of ket (“whose”)
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Related to Middle Armenian գաթայ (gatʻay). According to Ačaṙyan, borrowed from Armenian.
Noun edit
kete
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
kete
- (Ekiti, Idanre, Western Akoko) all, every, everyone, everything
Usage notes edit
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