ケット・シー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cat Sìth (“Fairy Cat”), which is misconstructed as cait (“cat's”) +‎ sìth (“fairy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ke̞t̚to̞ ɕiː]

Proper noun

ケット・シー • (Ketto Shī) 

1. the Cat Sìth
   • 2001 August 27, Kozue Amano, “Navigation(ナビゲーション)04(れいよん)　猫(ねこ)の王(おう)国(こく) [Navigation 04: Kingdom of the Cats]”, in AQUA(アクア) (AQUA(アクア)) [Aqua], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 112:

     猫(ねこ)の王(おう)様(さま)は猫妖精(ケット・シー)といって

     Neko no Ō-sama wa Ketto Shī toitte

     The King of the Cats is known as the Cat Sìth