Appendix:Burmese units of measure
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The traditional Burmese units of measurement are still in everyday use in Burma. According to the CIA Factbook, Burma is one of three countries that have not adopted the metric system as their official system of weights and measures. This appendix lists the Burmese names of the local units of measurement and tabulates their equivalent in the metric system and the Imperial/US systems.
Length[edit]
| Burmese | Metric | Imperial/US | Ratio to previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| ဆံခြည် (hcamhkrany) | 79.375 µm | 3⅛ thou/mil | |
| နှမ်း (hnam:) | 0.79375 mm | 31¼ thou/mil | 10 |
| မုယော (mu.yau:) | 4.7625 mm | 3⁄16 in | 6 |
| လက်သစ် (laksac) | 1.905 cm | ¾ in | 4 |
| မိုက် (muik) | 15.24 cm | 6 in | 8 |
| ထွာ (htwa) | 22.86 cm | 9 in | 1.5 |
| တောင် (taung) | 45.72 cm | 1½ ft; one cubit | 2 |
| လံ (lam) | 1.8288 m | 6 ft | 4 |
| တာ (ta) | 3.2004 m | 10½ ft | 1.75 |
| ဥသဘ (u.sa.bha.) | 64.008 m | 70 yd | 20 |
| ကောသ (kau:sa.) | 1.28016 km | 0.795455 mi | 20 |
| ဂါဝုတ် (gawut) | 5.12064 km | 3.18182 mi; about one league | 4 |
| ယူဇနာ (yuja.na) | 20.4826 km | 12.7273 mi | 4 |
Mass[edit]
| Burmese | Metric | Imperial/US | Ratio to previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| ရွေးလေး (rwe:le:) | 136.078 mg | 2.1 gr | |
| ရွေးကြီး (rwe:kri:) | 272.155 mg | 4.2 gr | 2 |
| ပဲသား (pai:sa:) | 1.02058 g | 15.75 gr | 3.75 |
| မူးသား (mu:sa:) | 2.04117 g | 31.5 gr | 2 |
| မတ်သား (matsa:) | 4.08233 g | 63 gr | 2 |
| ငါးမူးသား (nga:mu:sa:)[1] | 8.16466 g | 0.288 oz | 2 |
| ကျပ်သား (kyapsa:)[2] | 16.3293 g | 0.576 oz | 2 |
| အဝက်သား (a.waksa:) | 204.117 g | 7.2 oz | 12.5 |
| အစိတ်သား (a.citsa:) | 408.233 g | 14.4 oz | 2 |
| ငါးဆယ်သား (nga:hcaisa:) | 816.466 g | 1.8 lb | 2 |
| ပိဿာ (pi.ssa)[3] | 1.63293 kg | 3.6 lb | 2 |
| အချိန်တစ်ရာ (a.hkyintacra) | 163.293 kg | 360 lb | 100 |
Volume[edit]
| Burmese | Metric | Imperial | US | Ratio to previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| လမြူ (la.mru) | 79.9118 ml | 213⁄16 fl oz | 2.70214 fl oz | |
| လမျက် (la.myak) | 159.824 ml | 5⅝ fl oz | 5.40428 fl oz | 2 |
| လမယ် (la.mai) | 319.647 ml | 11¼ fl oz | 10.8086 fl oz | 2 |
| စလယ် (ca.lai) | 639.294 ml | 1⅛ pints | 1.35107 pints | 2 |
| ခွက် (hkwak) | 1.27859 l | 1⅛ qt | 1.35107 qt | 2 |
| ပြည် (prany) | 2.55718 l | 2¼ qt | 2.70214 qt | 2 |
| စိတ် (cit) | 10.2287 l | 2¼ gal/ 1⅛ pecks |
2.70214 gal/ 1.16106 pecks |
4 |
| ခွဲ (hkwai:) | 20.4574 l | 4½ gal/ 2¼ pecks |
5.40428 gal/ 2.32213 pecks |
2 |
| တင်း (tang:) | 40.9148 l | 9 gal/ 1⅛ bu |
10.8086 gal/ 1.16107 bu |
2 |
Money[edit]
| Burmese | Equivalent to |
|---|---|
| ပြား (pra:) | |
| မူး (mu:) | 10 pya |
| မတ် (mat) | 25 pya |
| ကျပ် (kyap) | 10 mu (4 mat) |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- "Myanmar, Metric and British equivalents in weights & measures". Myanmar–English Dictionary. Department of the Myanmar Language Commission, Ministry of Education, Union of Myanmar.