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geta

See also: Geta, getą, gęta, and ge-tà

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

Noun

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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.

Synonyms

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  • (capturing technique in Go): net

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. (auxiliary verb) to be able
    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.

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Conjugation

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geta — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að geta
supine
(sagnbót) 		getið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		getandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég get við getum present
(nútíð) 		ég geti við getum
þú getur þið getið þú getir þið getið
hann, hún, það getur þeir, þær, þau geta hann, hún, það geti þeir, þær, þau geti
past
(þátíð) 		ég gat við gátum past
(þátíð) 		ég gæti við gætum
þú gast þið gátuð þú gætir þið gætuð
hann, hún, það gat þeir, þær, þau gátu hann, hún, það gæti þeir, þær, þau gætu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		get (þú) getið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gettu getiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
getast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að getast
supine
(sagnbót) 		getist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		getandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég gest við getumst present
(nútíð) 		ég getist við getumst
þú gest þið getist þú getist þið getist
hann, hún, það gest þeir, þær, þau getast hann, hún, það getist þeir, þær, þau getist
past
(þátíð) 		ég gast við gátumst past
(þátíð) 		ég gætist við gætumst
þú gast þið gátust þú gætist þið gætust
hann, hún, það gast þeir, þær, þau gátust hann, hún, það gætist þeir, þær, þau gætust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		gest (þú) getist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gestu getisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
getinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		getinn getin getið getnir getnar getin
accusative
(þolfall) 		getinn getna getið getna getnar getin
dative
(þágufall) 		getnum getinni getnu getnum getnum getnum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		getins getinnar getins getinna getinna getinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		getni getna getna getnu getnu getnu
accusative
(þolfall) 		getna getnu getna getnu getnu getnu
dative
(þágufall) 		getna getnu getna getnu getnu getnu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		getna getnu getna getnu getnu getnu

Derived terms

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Noun

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geta f (genitive singular getu, nominative plural getur)

  1. ability

Declension

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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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. (obsolete) throne.
    Synonyms: takhta, singgasana

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  1. ^ 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

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Japanese

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Romanization

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geta

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

Malay

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Noun

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

  1. dais, throne

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Old English

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Adverb

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ġēta

  1. Alternative form of ġīeta

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *getaną.

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Conjugation of geta — active (strong class 5)
infinitive geta
present participle getandi
past participle getinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular get gat
2nd-person singular getr gazt
3rd-person singular getr gat
1st-person plural getum gátum
2nd-person plural getið gátuð
3rd-person plural geta gátu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular geta gæta
2nd-person singular getir gætir
3rd-person singular geti gæti
1st-person plural getim gætim
2nd-person plural getið gætið
3rd-person plural geti gæti
imperative present
2nd-person singular get
1st-person plural getum
2nd-person plural getið
Conjugation of geta — mediopassive (strong class 5)
infinitive getask
present participle getandisk
past participle getizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular getumk gátumk
2nd-person singular gezk gazk
3rd-person singular gezk gazk
1st-person plural getumsk gátumsk
2nd-person plural getizk gátuzk
3rd-person plural getask gátusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular getumk gætumk
2nd-person singular getisk gætisk
3rd-person singular getisk gætisk
1st-person plural getimsk gætimsk
2nd-person plural getizk gætizk
3rd-person plural getisk gætisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular gezk
1st-person plural getumsk
2nd-person plural getizk

Descendants

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

References

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

Phuthi

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Verb

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-geta

  1. to add

Inflection

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geta f (plural getas)

  1. (footwear) geta

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geta m or f by sense (plural getas)

  1. (demonym) Geat

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