- Kuchean
- noun Etymology: Kuche, Kucha (Kuga), Xinjiang, China Date: circa 1934 Tocharian B
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Kuchean
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West Tocharian — noun a dialect of Tocharian • Syn: ↑Kuchean, ↑Kuchean dialect • Hypernyms: ↑Tocharian … Useful english dictionary
