English
kete
Kete comes from Māori kete ‘basket’, and goes back to Proto-Oceanic *kete.
- Proto-Oceanicprehistoric (reconstructed)*kete‘basket’reconstructed
- Māorimodernkete‘basket’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Oceanicprehistoric (reconstructed)*kete‘basket’reconstructed
- Māorimodernkete‘basket’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983same form
Earliest quotation: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People: “He leans over his seat and picks up the…”
Every English word from Proto-Oceanic *kete
Today it means
noun A traditional Maori woven basket.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Oceanic *kete / kete