cāne

See also: cane, Cane, CanE, cané, and cãne

Tocharian B

Etymology

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

Noun

cāne ? (plural cāni)

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

References
  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
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