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Burma
units of length

Smaller units

						t'hwa
					maik	1½
				t'hit	8	12
		mo-yau		4	32	48
		n'hon	6	24	192	288
	cha-k'hyis	10	60	240	1920	2880
19ᵗʰ century	0.003 in	0.03 in	0.199 in	.796 in	6.37 in	9.55 in
19ᵗʰ century	0.084 mm	0.842 mm	5.05 mm	2.021 cm	16.17 cm	24.26 cm
UN 1966	0.004 in	0.04 in	0.23 in	0.92 in	7.33 in	11 in
UN 1966	0.097 mm	0.970 mm	5.82 mm	2.33 cm	18.63 cm	27.9 cm

Larger units

												yoozana*
											gawot	4
										dain	1 3/5	6 2/5
								kantha kosa*		2½	4	16
							?mat? tain		1 3/5	4	6 2/5	25 3/5
						oke thapal		12½	20	50	80	320
				bamboo or ta			20	250	400	1000	1600	6,400
					lan	1¾	35	437½	700	1750	2800	112,00
			saundaung		4	7	140	1750	2800	7000	11,200	44,800
			t'hwa	2	8	14	280	3500	5600	14,000	22,400	89,600
	maik		1½	3	12	21	420	5250	8400	21,000	33,600	134,400
	t'hit	8	12	24	96	168	3360	42,000	67,200	168,000	268,800	1,075,200
19ᵗʰ century	.796 in	6.37 in	9.6 in	19.1 in	76.4 in	11.14 ft	222.8 ft	2785.4 ft	0.844 mi	2.11 mi	3.38 mi	13.5 mi
19ᵗʰ century	2.0214 cm	15.17 cm	24.26 cm	48.51 cm	1.94 m	3.40 m	67.92 m	0.849 km	1.358 km	3.40 km	5.43 km	21.73 km
UN 1966	0.92 in	7.33 in	11 in	22 in	88 in	12.83 ft	256.7 ft	3208.3 ft	0.972 mi	2.43 mi	3.89 mi	15.556 mi
UN 1966	2.33 cm	18.63 cm	27.94 cm	55.88 cm	2.235 m	3.912 m	78.23 m	0.978 km	1.565 km	3.912 km	6.259 km	25.03 km

* According to Crawfurd, writing in the early 19ᵗʰ century, “The Kosa and Ujana are, in all probability, from their names, borrowed from India; they are not in use.” (page 505) Crawfurd was no doubt thinking of the coss and yojana. He says that “40 Gawots = 1 Ujana”, but Stevenson (page 907) says the yoozana [i.e., ujana] “equals 6400 tas or 4 ga-wokes.” This value is much closer to that of the Indian yojana, so we conclude “40” is an error for “4”, and have adopted Stevenson's equivalences.

Nelkenbrecher, page 723.

John Crawfurd.
On the Peoples and Cultures of the Kingdom of Burma.
SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, vol. 3, no. 2 (Autumn 2005).

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

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Burma
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