khwet [Burmese]

In Burma, 20th century, a unit of dry capacity, = 1 1/8 imperial quarts or approximately 1.279 liter (approximately U. S. dry quarts). link to a chart showing relationships between Burmese units of dry capacity.

United Nations 1955.

sources

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a measure of capacity equal to two salehs ()

Robert C. Stevenson.
Judson's Burmese-English Dictionary. Revised and Enlarged.
Rangoon: Printed by the Superintendent, Government Printing, 1893.
Page 324.

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