Etymology

danta

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Today it means: A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera. Full definition →

Anyi danta ← Sehwi danta
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  1. Sehwi · borrowed fromdanta
  2. Anyi · borrowed fromdanta
  3. English todaydanta

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

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