geta

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.
   • 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.

See also

• zori

Anagrams

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

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/ (

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• 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.

Noun

geta f (genitive singular getu, nominative plural getur)

1. ability

Romanization

geta

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

Noun

geta

1. dais, throne

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

References

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡe̞.ta̠]

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation 2

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