acaju

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju

Old Tupi akaîubor.

Old Tupi akaîubor.

French acajouinflu.

Portuguese acaju

Borrowed from Old Tupi akaîu. The preservation of initial A and the use for the mahogany wood were influenced by French acajou, in comparison to the doublet caju.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kaˈʒu/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: a‧ca‧ju

Noun

acaju m (plural acajus)

1. (uncountable) acajou, mahogany (wood from the mahogany tree)

   Synonym: mogno

2. mahogany (reddish-brown colour)
3. Alternative form of caju (“cashew”)

Adjective

acaju m or f (plural acajus)

1. mahogany (having the colour of mahogany)

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: akaschu

References

• “acaju”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “acaju”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “acaju”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French acajou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kaˈʒu/

Adjective

acaju m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. Reddish-brown, mahogany.

Declension

invariable		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	acaju		acaju		acaju	acaju
	definite	—		—		—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	acaju		acaju		acaju	acaju
	definite	—		—		—	—

Noun

acaju m (plural acaju)

1. acajou (mahogany) tree
2. acajou wood/mahogany
3. reddish-brown, mahogany

Declension

• Because of its unusual ending, this noun cannot be inflected normally. Inflected forms are often avoided.

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	acaju	acajuul		acaju	—
genitive-dative	acaju	acajuului		acaju	—
vocative	acaju			—