Geta in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Geta

You can make 22 words from 'geta' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'geta'
• 3 letters words from 'geta'
• 2 letters words from 'geta'

4 letters words from 'geta'

GATE 5	GEAT 5
GETA 5

3 letters words from 'geta'

AGE 4	ATE 3
EAT 3	ETA 3
GAE 4	GAT 4
GET 4	TAE 3
TAG 4	TEA 3
TEG 4

2 letters words from 'geta'

AE 2	AG 3
AT 2	EA 2
ET 2	TA 2
TE 2

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.
   • 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

See also

• zori

Anagrams

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

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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.

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. (only in elevated speech) 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.

Conjugation

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 (2) is getið
  • Hann hefur ekki getað talað við son sinn.
    • He has not been able 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

Noun

geta f (genitive singular getu, nominative plural getur)

1. ability

Declension

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. (Classical Indonesian) throne.

   Synonyms: takhta, singgasana

Further reading

• “geta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

geta

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

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Malay

Noun

geta

1. dais, throne

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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

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Phuthi

Verb

-geta

1. to add

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡe̞.ta̠]

Noun

geta f (plural getas)

1. (clothing) geta.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation 2

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

Noun

geta m or f (plural getas)

1. (demonym) Geat.

Source: wiktionary.org

• a Japanese wooden sandal with a thong between the toe.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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