Ket
1 Americannoun
PLURAL
KetsPLURAL
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.
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the Yeniseian language of the Ket, related only to several now extinct languages of the upper Yenisei.
Etymology
Origin of Ket
From Russian, from Ket: Ket, “man, human being”
Example Sentences
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Yet when she went to her GP to seek help she was prescribed sleeping tablets and told to "come off the ket".
From BBC
A 10th suspect was accused of sending them to Preah Ket Mealea Hospital in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, for kidney transplant surgery.
From Seattle Times
“There have been kidney trafficking transactions at the Cambodia’s state-run Preah Ket Mealea Hospital,” said Krishna Murti, the National Police head of international relations division.
From Seattle Times
“I want this race to be based on who has the best ideas,” he said in the recent KET debate.
From Seattle Times
The cafe in the Seattle Art Museum, an outpost of the popular MAR•KET seafood shack in Edmonds, debuted to practically a ghost town in 2021.
From Seattle Times
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