English

Geta

Noun

geta ‎(plural getas or geta)

1. A Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
   • 1982 July, Robert Dillon, Geta As A Karate Training Tool, 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.

Translations

See also

• zori

Anagrams

• 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛːta/ ()
• Rhymes: -ɛːta

Verb

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

1. to be able
2. 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.

Conjugation

Usage notes

• Geta exceptionally requires the supine (sagnbót) form of an accompanying verb, rather than the bare infinitive.

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

Japanese

Romanization

geta

1. rōmaji reading of げた
2. rōmaji reading of ゲタ

Malay

Noun

geta

1. dais, throne

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Japanese 下駄 ‎(geta).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [ˈge̞.ta̠]

Noun

geta f ‎(plural getas)

1. (footwear) geta.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [ˈxe̞.ta̠]
• Homophones: jeta

Noun

geta m, f ‎(plural getas)

1. (demonym) Geat.