geta

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

Noun

geta (plural getas or geta)

1. A Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
   • 1963 March 16, Hal Porter, “Little old lady passing by”, in The Bulletin, page 22, column 3:

     Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs.

   • 1982 July, Robert Dillon, “Geta As A Karate Training Tool”, in Black Belt‎, page 70:

     The Japanese geta or wooden sandal is a superb, though little-utilized, tool for training in the martial arts. […] The geta are flat, wooden sandals raised on vertical slats.

2. (go) A technique for capturing stones by enclosing them in a “net” preventing them from escaping in any direction.

Synonyms

• (capturing technique in Go): net

Derived terms

• geta mark

Translations

See also

• zori

Anagrams

• -gate, EGTA, ETag, GATE, Gate, Geat, e-tag, gate, geat

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geta (whence also English get), from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize”). Compare Danish gide, Swedish gitta, English get.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛːta/ (

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• Rhymes: -ɛːta

Verb

geta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gat, third-person plural past indicative gátum, supine getað/getið)

1. (auxiliary verb) to be able

   Getur þú sagt mér hvar Bláa Lónið er?

   Can you tell me where the Blue Lagoon is?

2. (transitive, with accusative) to father, to beget
   • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)

     Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.

     When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

3. (transitive, with accusative) to obtain, achieve

   Maðurinn gat sér gott orð í Danmörku.

   The man achieved fame in Denmark.

4. (transitive, with accusative) to guess

   Hann gat rétt.

   He guessed correctly.

5. (transitive, with genitive) to mention

   Hennar er getið í bók þeirri.

   She is mentioned in that book.

Usage notes

• Geta (1) requires the supine (sagnbót) form of an accompanying verb, rather than the bare infinitive.
  • Incorrect: Ég get ekki segja þér hvers vegna.
  • Correct: Ég get ekki sagt þér hvers vegna.
    • I cannot tell you why.
• The supine of geta (1) is getað, the supine of geta in all other senses is getið.
  • Hann hefur ekki getað talað við son sinn.
    • He has not been able to speak with his son; he hasn't gotten to speak with his son".
  • Hann hefur getið son.
    • He has begotten a son.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• eins og hann frekast gat
• eins og nærri má geta

See also

• valda

Noun

geta f (genitive singular getu, nominative plural getur)

1. ability

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay geta, from Classical Persian کت (kat, “throne”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: gê‧ta

Noun

gêta (first-person possessive getaku, second-person possessive getamu, third-person possessive getanya)

1. (obsolete) throne.

   Synonyms: takhta, singgasana

References

Further reading

• “geta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

geta

1. Rōmaji transcription of げた
2. Rōmaji transcription of ゲタ

Malay

Noun

geta (Jawi spelling ݢتا, plural geta-geta, informal 1st possessive getaku, 2nd possessive getamu, 3rd possessive getanya)

1. dais, throne

Further reading

• “geta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *getaną.

Verb

geta (singular past indicative gat, plural past indicative gátu, past participle getinn)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to get
2. (transitive, with genitive) to guess

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• “geta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Phuthi

Verb

-geta

1. to add

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

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Geta (disambiguation)

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeta/
• Rhymes: -eta

Noun

geta f (plural getas)

1. (footwear) geta

Etymology 2

From Latin Geta, from Ancient Greek Γέτης (Gétēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxeta/
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ge‧ta
• Homophone: jeta

Noun

geta m or f by sense (plural getas)

1. (demonym) Geat

Further reading

• “geta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014