# danta
## English
### Etymology

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

### Noun

danta (countable and uncountable, plural dantas)
* A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera.
* The wood of this tree.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Walker, Aidan (2005) The Encyclopedia of Wood: A Tree-by-tree Guide to the World's Most Versatile Resource, Quarto

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* tanda

## Anyi
### Etymology

cf. Sehwi danta, Akan ɔdanta

### Noun

danta
* (Aowin) danta (Nesogordonia papaverifera, syn. Cistanthera papaverifera)
    Synonym: ahia

### References

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

## Balinese
### Romanization

danta
* Romanization of ᬤᬦ᭄ᬢ
* Romanization of ᬤᬵᬦ᭄ᬢ

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dan.ta/
* Hyphenation: dan‧ta

### Noun

danta (plural danta-danta)
* (archaic) tooth
    Synonym: gigi
* (archaic) tusk, ivory
    Synonym: gading

### Further reading

* “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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

danta
* Romanization of ꦢꦤ꧀ꦠ

## Malay
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* gigi

### See also

* taring

### Further reading

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

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dan.ta/
* Rhymes: -ta
* Homophones: dānta, ḍanta
* Hyphenation: dan‧ta

### Noun

danta
* tooth
* tusk, ivory

#### Derived terms

* dinanta
* dumanta
* madanta
* danta niṅ sĕkar
* hampyal danta
* nyū danta
* poh danta
* pucaṅ danta
* swadanta
* wuluh danta
* śrīdanta

#### Descendants

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

### Further reading

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

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀤𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* दन्त (Devanagari script)
* দন্ত (Bengali script)
* දන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* ဒန္တ or ၻၼ္တ or ၻၼ်တ (Burmese script)
* ทนฺต or ทันตะ (Thai script)
* ᨴᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ທນ຺ຕ or ທັນຕະ (Lao script)
* ទន្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

danta m
* tooth, fang
* tusk (especially of an elephant)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit दान्त (dānta).

#### Adjective

danta
* made of ivory

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

danta
* past participle of dameti (“to train”)
* restrained

##### Declension
### References

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

## Sehwi
### Etymology

cf. Anyi danta, Akan ɔdanta

### Noun

danta
* danta (Nesogordonia papaverifera, syn. Cistanthera papaverifera)

### References

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdanta/ [ˈd̪ãn̪.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: dan‧ta

### Noun

danta f (plural dantas)
* elk, moose
    Synonym: anta
* (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador) tapir
    Synonyms: tapir, anteburro, sachavaca, anta, ante

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10