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‖ koyan|koˈjan|
Also 9 coyan.
[Mal. koyan.]
In Malaysia, a unit of weight equal to 40 piculs, equivalent to approximately 5,330 lb. (2·42 tonnes).
1783W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 157 The coolah or bamboo, containing very nearly a gallon, is the general standard of measure among the Rejangs: of these eight hundred make a coyan. 1820J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipelago I. iii. i. 273 Thirty pikuls [make] one koyan. 1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca I. i. 26 Salt, and..rice, etc. are sold by measure, generally by that of the coyan. 1900W. W. Skeat Malay Magic v. 228 A field which..produces a koyan of rice a year will fetch a rent of about two hundred gallons more or less. 1947R. O. Winstedt Malays 125 The produce of rice formerly exceeded the internal consumption by about the annual average of 2,500 koyan. 1957Federation of Malaya Ann. Rep. ii. iv. 519 The koyan (40 piculs)..—5,3331/3 lbs. koyf |