acaju

Portuguese

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju
    Old Tupi akaîubor.
    Old Tupi akaîubor.
    French acajouinflu.
    Portuguese acaju

    Borrowed from Old Tupi akaîu.[1] 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/

    • 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

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “acaju”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 21, column 2

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French acajou.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.kaˈʒu/

    Adjective

    acaju m or f or n (indeclinable)

    1. Reddish-brown, mahogany.

    Declension

    Declension of acaju (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.
    Declension of acaju
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative acaju acajuul acaju —
    genitive-dative acaju acajuului acaju —
    vocative acaju —
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