Malay units of measurement

Units of measurement used in Malaysia and neighbouring countries include the kati, a unit of mass, and the gantang, a unit of volume.

## Contents

* 1 Mass
* 2 Volume
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading

## 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.

Table of equivalences  Unit  | Imperial
gallon  | Millilitres

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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

1. ↑ "Kati" entry at A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English.
2. ↑ "Weights and Measures Act 1972". Laws of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201182503/http://www.kpdnkk.gov.my/akta-timbang-dan-sukat-1972.
3. ↑ 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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