pyi [Burmese]

In Burma, ? – 20^th century, two units:

A unit of dry capacity, = 2¼ imperial quarts, approximately 2.557 liters.
A unit of mass, approximately 2.127 kilograms (about 4.69 pounds).

Also romanized as byi, and often encountered with the particle “ta”, as “ta-byi”.

United Nations, 1955.

J. L. Maclean, D. C. Dawe, B. Hardy and G. P. Hettel.
Rice Almanac. 3rd edition.
IRRI, 2002.

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