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^[3], London: Oxford University Press, page 175

• tanda

cf. Sehwi danta, Akan ɔdanta

danta

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

   Synonym: ahia

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

Borrowed from Old Javanese danta, from Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

danta (Balinese script ᬤᬦ᭄ᬢ)

1. tooth

Borrowed from Old Javanese dānta (“tamed, restrained, subdued; mild, patient”), from Sanskrit दान्त (dānta, “tamed, docile”).

danta (Balinese script ᬤᬵᬦ᭄ᬢ)

1. soft

• “danta” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

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

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

danta (plural danta-danta)

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.

danta

1. romanization of ꦢꦤ꧀ꦠ

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)

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/ [ˈd̪ãn̪.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: dan‧ta

danta f (plural dantas)

1. elk, moose

   Synonym: anta

2. (Northeastern Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela) tapir

   Synonyms: tapir, anteburro, sachavaca, anta, ante

3. (Honduras) female equivalent of danto

• “danta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “danta”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010