geta

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

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^[1], 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.

• (capturing technique in Go): net

• geta mark

• zori

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛːta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛːta

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.

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

1. (auxiliary verb) can, to be able [with supine]

   Getur þú sagt mér hvar Bláa Lónið er?

   Can you tell me where the Blue Lagoon is?

2. to father, to beget [with accusative]
   • 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. to obtain, achieve [with accusative]

   Maðurinn gat sér gott orð í Danmörku.

   The man achieved fame in Denmark.

4. to guess [with accusative]

   Hann gat rétt.

   He guessed correctly.

5. to mention [with genitive]

   Hennar er getið í bók þeirri.

   She is mentioned in that book.

• 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.

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

• valda

geta f (genitive singular getu, nominative plural getur)

1. ability

From Malay geta, from Classical Persian کت (kat, “throne”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɡəˈta]
• Hyphenation: gê‧ta

gêta (plural geta-geta)

1. (obsolete) throne

   Synonyms: takhta, singgasana

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

geta

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

geta (Jawi spelling ݢتا, plural geta-geta)

1. dais, throne

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

ġēta

1. alternative form of ġīeta

From Proto-Germanic *getaną.

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

1. to get [with accusative]
2. to guess [with genitive]

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “geta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

-geta

1. to add

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeta/ [ˈɡe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta

geta f (plural getas)

1. (footwear) geta

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈxeta/ [ˈxe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ge‧ta
• Homophone: jeta

geta m or f by sense (plural getas)

1. (demonym) Geat

• “geta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024