keta

keta

See also: këta, 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, no diminutive)

  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

Kapampangan

Etymology

From ka- +‎ ita.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /keˈta/ [kɛˈta]

  • Hyphenation: ke‧ta

Adverb

keta

  1. yonder; there (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)
    Synonym: karin
  2. to, towards (indicates a destination or movement toward something)

Pronoun

keta

  1. these things; fact; matter
    Synonyms: kareta, kareni, kanita, bage
    Kalati keta makipate kana?
    You're fighting over a small thing?
    Aliya mengan i Jennie keta, dapat neng mangan keta.
    It's the fact that Jennie haven't eaten yet, what matters is she have to eat.

Derived terms

  • kumeta
  • magpaketa
  • tagaketa

Malay

Alternative forms

  • kete (schwa-variety)

Etymology

Clipping of kereta.

Pronunciation

Noun

kéta (plural keta-keta or keta2)

  1. (colloquial) syncopic form of kereta.

References

  • Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA[1], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 29

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кета (keta).

Noun

keta f (uncountable)

  1. chum salmon

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative keta ketaua
genitive-dative -i
vocative

Silesian

Etymology

    Borrowed from German Kette.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ta/
    • Audio:(file)
    • 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