For the Iranian unit, see mu. For the Chinese unit, see mu.
n. a mu, a weight of which there are two kinds, the great and the small, the great being equal to two great pais (0) or one-eighth of a kyat, and the small equal to two small pais or one-tenth of a kyat.
Robert C. Stevenson.
Judson's Burmese-English Dictionary. Revised and Enlarged.
Rangoon: Printed by the Superintendent, Government
Printing, 1893.
Page 842.
Elsewhere Judson says 100 kyats = 3.65 pounds av. Thus, 1/10 kyat is 0.0584 ounces, and 1/8th 0.073 ounces.
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