Ket
a member of an Indigenous people of central Siberia, living in widely dispersed communities on tributaries of the Yenisei River, between 60° and 67° N latitude.
the Yeniseian language of the Ket, related only to several now extinct languages of the upper Yenisei.
Origin of Ket
1- Also called Yenisei Ostyak.
Other definitions for ket- (2 of 2)
variant of keto- before a vowel: ketene.
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How to use Ket in a sentence
I tell them, their own souls go, perhaps this night, into the pock-kets of Hell!
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsThen the chief cook told his dream; and he said, In my dream I had three white bas-kets on my head.
Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading | Josephine PollardWhen the feast was at an end there was e-nough bread and fish left to fill twelve bas-kets.
Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading | Josephine PollardShe assented, with a proviso that he would not go to see old Mose-en-kos-kets daughter any more.
Wigwam and War-path; Or the Royal Chief in Chains | A. B. (Alfred Benjamin) Meacham
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