geta

[get-uh, ge-tah]

noun

plural

geta, getas 

1. a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.

Word History and Origins

Origin of geta¹

1880–85; < Japanese, perhaps by ellipsis from shita-geta, equivalent to shita below, under + -geta, combining form of keta slat, lath; or ge (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese xià below) + Japanese ( i ) ta board

Example Sentences

A few of the children were barefoot, a few of the boys wore geta, and the others wore straw sandals.

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“It looks better if your geta are too small,” the Japanese woman dressing me said.

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The surreal air defined the entire presentation, as dancers moved by bending forward and back on Japanese “geta” clogs.

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The surreal air defined the entire presentation, as dancers moved by bending forward and back on Japanese “geta” clogs.

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It was a veritable thoroughfare of yukatas and getas, in an array of colors, on visitors young and old, shuffling, striding and practically skipping through the night.

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