"danta" meaning in English

See danta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: dantas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from a certain Ghanaian vernacular name (compare Anyi danta, Sehwi danta). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|any|danta}} Anyi danta, {{bor|en|sfw|danta}} Sehwi danta Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} danta (countable and uncountable, plural dantas)
  1. A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Nesogordonia papaverifera): apuro [Asante] (Akan), ɔdanta (Wasa) [Dankyira, Fante] (Akan), akumadua (Wasa) [Dankyira, Fante] (Akan), akuma-aba (Wasa) [Dankyira, Fante] (Akan), bukyu-akwa (Wasa) [Dankyira, Fante] (Akan), opuropurow [Fante] (Akan), ahia (Anyi), danta (Aowin) (Anyi), ayia (Baoule), kotibé [masculine] (French), コティベ (kotibe) (Japanese), danta (Sefwi)
    Sense id: en-danta-en-noun-QDa~RoBf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Akan translations, Terms with Anyi translations, Terms with Baoule translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Sehwi translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Akan translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Anyi translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Baoule translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Sehwi translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'Nesogordonia papaverifera': 100 0
  2. The wood of this tree. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-danta-en-noun-wBWai53R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (its wood): ダンタ (danta) (Japanese)
Disambiguation of 'its wood': 45 55

Inflected forms

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