danta

See also: Danta

English

danta (Nesogordonia papaverifera)

Etymology

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

Noun

danta (countable and uncountable, plural dantas)

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

Translations

Nesogordonia papaverifera

• Akan: apuro (Asante), ɔdanta (Fante, Dankyira, Wasa), akumadua (Fante, Dankyira, Wasa), akuma-aba (Fante, Dankyira, Wasa), bukyu-akwa (Fante, Dankyira, Wasa), opuropurow (Fante)
• Anyi: ahia, danta (Aowin)
• Baoule: ayia
• French: kotibé (fr) m
• Japanese: コティベ (kotibe)
• Sehwi: danta

its wood

• Japanese: ダンタ (danta)

Further reading

• Irvine, F. R. (1961), Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎^[3], London: Oxford University Press, page 175

Anagrams

• tanda

Anyi

Etymology

cf. Sehwi danta, Akan ɔdanta

Noun

danta

1. (Aowin) danta (Nesogordonia papaverifera, syn. Cistanthera papaverifera)

   Synonym: ahia

Balinese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

danta (Balinese script ᬤᬦ᭄ᬢ)

1. tooth

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

danta (Balinese script ᬤᬵᬦ᭄ᬢ)

1. soft

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

danta (plural danta-danta)

1. (archaic) tooth

   Synonym: gigi

2. (archaic) tusk, ivory

   Synonym: gading

Further reading

• “danta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

danta

1. romanization of ꦢꦤ꧀ꦠ

Malay

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

danta (Jawi spelling دنتا, plural danta-danta or danta²)

1. tooth (biological tooth)

Synonyms

• gigi

See also

• taring

Further reading

• "danta" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

danta

1. tooth
2. 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

Alternative scripts

• 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

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

Declension

Declension table of "danta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	danto	dantā
Accusative (second)	dantaṃ	dante
Instrumental (third)	dantena	dantehi or dantebhi
Dative (fourth)	dantassa or dantāya or dantatthaṃ	dantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dantasmā or dantamhā or dantā	dantehi or dantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dantassa	dantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dantasmiṃ or dantamhi or dante	dantesu
Vocative (calling)	danta	dantā

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit दान्त (dānta).

Adjective

danta

1. made of ivory

Declension

Declension table of "danta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	danto	dantā
Accusative (second)	dantaṃ	dante
Instrumental (third)	dantena	dantehi or dantebhi
Dative (fourth)	dantassa or dantāya or dantatthaṃ	dantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dantasmā or dantamhā or dantā	dantehi or dantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dantassa	dantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dantasmiṃ or dantamhi or dante	dantesu
Vocative (calling)	danta	dantā

Declension table of "danta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dantaṃ	dantāni
Accusative (second)	dantaṃ	dantāni
Instrumental (third)	dantena	dantehi or dantebhi
Dative (fourth)	dantassa or dantāya or dantatthaṃ	dantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dantasmā or dantamhā or dantā	dantehi or dantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dantassa	dantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dantasmiṃ or dantamhi or dante	dantesu
Vocative (calling)	danta	dantāni

Etymology 3

Adjective

danta

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

Declension

Declension table of "danta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	danto	dantā
Accusative (second)	dantaṃ	dante
Instrumental (third)	dantena	dantehi or dantebhi
Dative (fourth)	dantassa or dantāya or dantatthaṃ	dantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dantasmā or dantamhā or dantā	dantehi or dantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dantassa	dantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dantasmiṃ or dantamhi or dante	dantesu
Vocative (calling)	danta	dantā

Declension table of "dantā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dantā	dantāyo or dantā
Accusative (second)	dantaṃ	dantāyo or dantā
Instrumental (third)	dantāya	dantāhi or dantābhi
Dative (fourth)	dantāya	dantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dantāya	dantāhi or dantābhi
Genitive (sixth)	dantāya	dantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dantāya or dantāyaṃ	dantāsu
Vocative (calling)	dante	dantāyo or dantā

Declension table of "danta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dantaṃ	dantāni
Accusative (second)	dantaṃ	dantāni
Instrumental (third)	dantena	dantehi or dantebhi
Dative (fourth)	dantassa or dantāya or dantatthaṃ	dantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dantasmā or dantamhā or dantā	dantehi or dantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dantassa	dantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dantasmiṃ or dantamhi or dante	dantesu
Vocative (calling)	danta	dantāni

References

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

Sehwi

Etymology

cf. Anyi danta, Akan ɔdanta

Noun

danta

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdanta/ [ˈd̪ãn̪.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: dan‧ta

Noun

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

Further reading

• “danta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “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