Tvax (bengsuu)

Tvax 🔊 (tva3; 擔; picul)

Picul

A traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "a shoulder-load, as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole." Equal to 100 catties (about 60 kg).

Other meanings

1. street peddler
2. cit tvax zuie 🔊 : a load of water
3. the pole used to carry the load

Related word

tvaf 🔊, also written 擔, is a verb AND noun

• to carry, to bear: tvaf tvax 🔊 "carry a pole/load"
• a yoke: gutvaf, pwntvaf