In Mongolia
,
20th century ,
a unit of length, = 32 centimeters.
The word also means “elbow,” but
the unit is too small to belong to the cubit family. It seems to have
originated as a
body-based unit, but the sources don't indicate from where to where. Possibly
from the inside of the elbow to the shoulder, as other Mongolian units are based
on the shoulder.
United Nations, 1966.
Folke Boberg.
Mongolian-English Dictionary, vol. 2.
Stockholm: Förlaget Filadelfia, 1954-55.
Page 984. He says the tokhoi = 10 inches (35.8 cm).
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