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4-letter words (3 found)

GATE,GEAT,GETA,

3-letter words (11 found)

AGE,ATE,EAT,ETA,GAE,GAT,GET,TAE,TAG,TEA,TEG,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AG,AT,EA,ET,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from geta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of geta

geta egta gtea tgea etga tega geat egat gaet aget eagt aegt gtae tgae gate agte tage atge etag teag eatg aetg taeg ateg

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Definitions and meaning of geta

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.
  2. (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

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, English get.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. (auxiliary verb) to be able
  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
  4. (transitive, with accusative) to guess
  5. (transitive, with genitive) to mention

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.

Conjugation

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

References

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 Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

geta

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

Malay

Noun

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

  1. dais, throne

Further reading

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

Old Norse

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

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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

Phuthi

Verb

-geta

  1. to add

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeta/ [ˈɡe.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eta

Noun

geta f (plural getas)

  1. (footwear) geta

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxeta/ [ˈxe.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: ge‧ta
  • Homophone: jeta

Noun

geta m or f by sense (plural getas)

  1. (demonym) Geat

Further reading

  • “geta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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