different between geat vs geta

English

Alternative forms

• gate
• git

Etymology

See gate.

Noun

geat (plural geats)

1. The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.

Anagrams

• -gate, EGTA, ETag, GATE, Gate, e-tag, gate, geta

Cimbrian

Verb

geat

1. third-person singular present indicative of gian

Dutch

Pronunciation

Participle

geat

1. past participle of atten

Declension

Northern Sami

Pronoun

geat

1. nominative plural of gii

Old English

Alternative forms

• ?æt

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gat?. Cognate with Old Frisian jet, Old Saxon gat, Old Dutch *gat, Old Norse gat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæ??t/

Noun

?eat n

1. gate

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: ?eat, ?at, ?ate, ?et, gat, gate
  • English: gate; yate (dialectal)
    • ? Welsh: gât, gêt
  • Scots: ?et, ?ett, yet, yett
  • ? Welsh: iet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (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.

2. (game of 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

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 *getan?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed- (“take, seize”). Compare Danish gide, Swedish gitta, English get.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?c??ta/ ()
• Rhymes: -??ta

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; 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

Noun

geta f (genitive singular getu, nominative plural getur)

1. ability

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gêta (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.

Japanese

Romanization

geta

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Malay

Noun

geta (Jawi spelling ????, plural geta-geta, informal 1st possessive getaku, impolite 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 *getan?.

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 ?? (geta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??eta/, [??e.t?a]

Noun

geta f (plural getas)

1. (clothing) geta

Etymology 2

From Latin Geta, from Ancient Greek ????? (Gét?s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xeta/, [?xe.t?a]
• Homophones: jeta

Noun

geta m or f (plural getas)

1. (demonym) Geat