canje

Macanese

Etymology

Presumably from Portuguese canja, from Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi). Semantically, possibly influenced by English congee (especially sense 2), ultimately also from the Malayalam source.

Noun

canje

1. chicken soup, chicken broth
2. any kind of broth with rice

   canje branco ― simple broth with rice (literally, “white chicken broth”)

   canje fula papaia ― broth with papaya blossom

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c

Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal from canjear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanxe/ [ˈkãŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -anxe
• Syllabification: can‧je

Noun

canje m (plural canjes)

1. swap, exchange

   Synonym: intercambio

Related terms

• canjear

Further reading

• “canje”, 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