See also: ke-te

Chuukese edit

Etymology edit

ke- +‎ -te

Pronoun edit

kete

  1. Alternative form of kote

Related terms edit

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 edit

Noun edit

kete

  1. genitive plural of kesi

Maori edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *kete (basket).

Noun edit

kete

  1. basket

Synonyms edit

Hyponyms edit

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

Middle English edit

Noun edit

kete

  1. Alternative form of kyte

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

kete (n class, plural kete)

  1. (games) a playing piece or dice

Adverb edit

kete

  1. quietly

Tocharian B edit

Pronoun edit

kete

  1. Alternative form of ket (whose)

Turkish edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

kete

  1. gata

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

IPA(key): /kē.tē/

Noun edit

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 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 ịyánAll Ekiti people eat pounded yam
  • Ulé kete ria niThe house belongs to all of us

Derived terms edit