cāne

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Tocharian B[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese (MC dzjen, “Chinese cash coin”).[1]

Noun[edit]

cāne ? (plural cāni)

  1. cash (a unit of currency equivalent to a Chinese bronze or copper coin)
  2. (in the plural) money

References[edit]

  1. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “cāne*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 271