Units of measurement used in Malaysia and neighbouring countries include the kati, a unit of mass, and the gantang, a unit of volume.
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Mass
For mass, the catty[1] equals 0.6 kg.[2] Another unit is picul which equals 60 kg.[3]
Volume
The gantang is equivalent to an imperial gallon, or 4.54609 cubic decimetres.
| Unit | Imperial gallon |
Millilitres | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kepul | 1⁄16 | 284.130625 | ||||
| leng | 1⁄8 | 568.26125 | ||||
| cupak | 1⁄4 | 1136.5225 | ||||
| gantang | 1 | 4546.09 | ||||
| sukat | 4 | 18184.36 | ||||
| nalih | 16 | 72737.44 | ||||
| kunca | 160 | 727374.4 | ||||
| Note: The millilitre equivalences are exact. | ||||||
References
- ^ "Kati" entry at A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English.
- ^ "Weights and Measures Act 1972". Laws of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.
- ^ 新华字典 (Xīnhuá Zìdiǎn), Peking, 1984.
Further reading
- Malay Fishermen: Their Peasant Economy, by Raymond Firth. Norton (1975) ISBN 0-393-00775-8
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This page was last edited on 18 May 2023, at 14:45