keta

[ kee-tuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of keta¹

1900–05; < Russian kéta, earlier ketá < Evenki (eastern dialects) kēta, or < cognates in other Tungusic languages

Sharp waves and splashes and two rows of foam indicated the approaching advance guard of the keta.

He had asked the commander of my brother's garrison to permit Dimitri to return home to help with the keta fishing!

Synopsis of biological data on the chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum) 1792.

A male slave is called a Keta, and costs about thirty Mohurs.

At last the eighty Princes, who had left their much-wronged brother far behind, arrived at Cape Keta.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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