In Indonesia, ? – 20ᵗʰ century , a unit of area, approximately 7096.5 square meters (approximately 1.754 acres).
During the colonial period this unit was known as the bahoe, backu or bouw.
United Nations, 1966.
In India, ? – 19ᵗʰ century, a unit of length = 2 cubits.
Báhu, H[indi]. and other dialects, (S. ) The arm; also a measure of two cubits.
H. H. Wilson, 1855, page 46.
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