Tvax (bengsuu)

Tvax 🔊 (擔; picul, a traditional Asian unit of weight)

• 1 tvax = 100 Taikyn (~60 kg)

Meanings

• picul: "a shoulder-load, as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole."
• other meanings

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

Related word

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

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

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