danta

Borrowed from a certain Ghanaian vernacular name (compare Anyi danta, Sehwi danta).

danta (countable and uncountable, plural dantas)

1. A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera.^[1]
2. The wood of this tree.

• Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, page 175

• tanda

cf. Sehwi danta, Akan ɔdanta

danta

1. (Aowin) danta (Nesogordonia papaverifera, syn. Cistanthera papaverifera)^[1]

   Synonym: ahia

danta

1. Romanization of ᬤᬦ᭄ᬢ
2. Romanization of ᬤᬵᬦ᭄ᬢ

From Malay danta, from Pali danta, from Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

• IPA^(key): /dan.ta/
• Hyphenation: dan‧ta

danta (first-person possessive dantaku, second-person possessive dantamu, third-person possessive dantanya)

1. (archaic) tooth

   Synonym: gigi

2. (archaic) tusk, ivory

   Synonym: gading

• “danta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /dantə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /danta/
• Rhymes: -antə, -tə, -ə

danta (Jawi spelling دنتا, plural danta-danta, informal 1st possessive dantaku, 2nd possessive dantamu, 3rd possessive dantanya)

1. tooth (biological tooth)

• gigi

• taring

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

Borrowed from Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

• IPA^(key): /dan.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophones: dānta, ḍanta
• Hyphenation: dan‧ta

danta

1. tooth
2. tusk, ivory

• > Javanese: ꦢꦼꦤ꧀ꦠ (denta) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬤᬦ᭄ᬢ (danta)

• "danta" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Inherited from Sanskrit दन्त (dánta). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀤𑀁𑀢 (daṃta).

danta m

1. tooth, fang
2. tusk (especially of an elephant)

From Sanskrit दान्त (dānta).

danta

1. made of ivory

danta

1. past participle of dameti (“to train”)
2. restrained

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “danta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

cf. Anyi danta, Akan ɔdanta

danta

1. danta (Nesogordonia papaverifera, syn. Cistanthera papaverifera)^[1]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdanta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: dan‧ta

danta f (plural dantas)

1. elk, moose

   Synonym: anta

2. (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador) tapir

   Synonyms: tapir, anteburro, sachavaca, anta, ante

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