kejla [Maltese]

Plural, kejliet. From the Maltese kejl, “measure”. In Malta ,two units:

1

? – 20^th century, with increasingly rare usage in the early 21^st century, a unit of capacity, about 303 milliliters.

Even as recently as 15 years ago [circa 1990 -editor] one could encounter countrywomen pushing small carts or prams with a keg of capers in brine and calling “Kejla kappar, kejla kappar”.¹

1. Sammy Vella, email of 8 June 2005.

2

A seed measure of land based on the above unit of capacity, approximately 18.7354 square meters (about 22.41 square yards). Remained in official use in the early 21^st century.¹

1. United Nations, 1966.