In the Philippines, a unit of mass, about 28.8 kilograms.
Doursther, writing in 1840, describes the “lacksa” as a unit of mass on the island of Sulu, “= 1/2 pecul = 10 booboots = 100 cattys = 66 2/3 pounds avoirdupois = 30.24 kilograms”.
International Critical Tables (1926).
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