keto

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkitoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːtəʊ/

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• Homophone: Quito
• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

keto (plural ketos)

1. (organic chemistry) The carbonyl group of a ketone.
2. Ellipsis of keto diet, abbreviation of ketogenic diet.

keto (not comparable)

1. (informal) Clipping of ketogenic.

   a keto diet

• toke

keto

1. destroying
2. scattering
3. combing (of hair)

• ket (“to scatter”, verb)

keto

1. accumulation, amassing, saving up
2. reservation, postponement, storing

• ket (“to save up”, verb)

keto

1. to spread disease
2. to subside, to settle (of hunger pangs)

• Blackings, Mairi John (2009) Acholi English – English Acholi Dictionary‎^[1], Munich: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 56

kesi (“thin, outer layer of skin”) +‎ -o

• IPA^(key): /ˈketo/, [ˈk̟e̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification^(key): ke‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): ke‧to

keto

1. dry meadow, pasture

• “keto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• ekto-, keot, koet, teko, teko-

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keto ?

1. damage

keto

1. harmed, destroyed

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “keto”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 204-205