danta

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

danta (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. (Classical Indonesian) tooth

   Synonym: gigi

2. (Classical Indonesian) tusk, ivory

   Synonym: gading

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

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/ [ˈd̪ãn̪.t̪a]
• 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