geta

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Japanese 下駄 (geta).

Noun

geta (plural 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

Japanese raised wooden clogs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下馱 (cmn), 下驮 (cmn) (xiàtuó), 木屐 (cmn) (mùjī)

• Japanese: 下駄 (ja) (げた, geta)

• Korean: 게타 (ko) (geta)
• Russian: гэта (ru) (géta) pl  (indeclinable)

See also

• zori

Anagrams

• gate
• Geat

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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.

Derived terms

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

See also

• valda

Noun

geta f (genitive singular getu, plural getur)

1. ability

Declension

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

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Japanese

Romanization

geta

1. See げた
2. See ゲタ

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Malay

Noun

geta

1. dais, throne