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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛːta/\*

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• Rhymes: -ɛːta

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. (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.

• 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

Declension of geta
f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	geta	getan	getur	geturnar
accusative	getu	getuna	getur	geturnar
dative	getu	getunni	getum	getunum
genitive	getu	getunnar	geta	getanna

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

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

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

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, informal 1st possessive getaku, 2nd possessive getamu, 3rd possessive getanya)

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

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

-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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28