# geta
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

### Noun

geta (plural getas or geta)
* 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.
* (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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈcɛːta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛːta

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Verb

geta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gat, third-person plural past indicative gátu, supine getað/getið)
* (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?
* 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.
* to obtain, achieve [with accusative]
    Maðurinn gat sér gott orð í Danmörku.The man achieved fame in Denmark.
* to guess [with accusative]
    Hann gat rétt.He guessed correctly.
* to mention [with genitive]
    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.

##### Derived terms

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

##### See also

* valda

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

geta f (genitive singular getu, nominative plural getur)
* ability

##### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡəˈta]
* Hyphenation: gê‧ta

### Noun

gêta (plural geta-geta)
* (obsolete) throne
    Synonyms: takhta, singgasana

### References

* ↑ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

### Further reading

* “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.

## Japanese
### Romanization

geta
* Rōmaji transcription of げた
* Rōmaji transcription of ゲタ

## Malay
### Noun

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

### Further reading

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

## Old English
### Adverb

ġēta
* Alternative form of ġīeta

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *getaną.

### Verb

geta (singular past indicative gat, plural past indicative gátu, past participle getinn)
* to get [with accusative]
* to guess [with genitive]

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: geta
* Faroese: gita
* Norwegian Bokmål: gjette
* Norwegian Nynorsk: gjeta, gjete, gjette
* Old Swedish: gita, gæta
** Swedish: gitta
* Danish: gide
** Norwegian Bokmål: gidde
** →? Norwegian Nynorsk: gidda
* → Middle English: geten, getten
** English: get
** Yola: get

### Further reading

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

## Phuthi
### Verb

-geta
* to add

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡeta/ [ˈɡe.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -eta

#### Noun

geta f (plural getas)
* (footwear) geta

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxeta/ [ˈxe.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -eta
* Syllabification: ge‧ta
* Homophone: jeta

#### Noun

geta m or f by sense (plural getas)
* (demonym) Geat

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10