koyann.

/kəʊˈjan/

Forms: Also 1800s coyan.

Etymology: < Malay koyan.

In Malaysia, a unit of weight equal to 40 piculs, equivalent to approximately 5,330 lb. (2·42 tonnes).

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1783 W. 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.

1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. I. iii. i. 273 Thirty pikuls [make] one koyan.

1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. i. 26 Salt, and..rice, etc. are sold by measure, generally by that of the coyan.

1900 W. 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.

1947 R. O. Winstedt Malays 125 The produce of rice formerly exceeded the internal consumption by about the annual average of 2,500 koyan.

1957 Federation of Malaya Ann. Rep. ii. iv. 519 The koyan (40 piculs)..—5,333⅓ lbs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	koyan
释义	koyann. /kəʊˈjan/ Forms: Also 1800s coyan. Etymology: < Malay koyan. In Malaysia, a unit of weight equal to 40 piculs, equivalent to approximately 5,330 lb. (2·42 tonnes). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in Malaysia koyan1783 paha1839 1783 W. 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. 1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. I. iii. i. 273 Thirty pikuls [make] one koyan. 1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. i. 26 Salt, and..rice, etc. are sold by measure, generally by that of the coyan. 1900 W. 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. 1947 R. O. Winstedt Malays 125 The produce of rice formerly exceeded the internal consumption by about the annual average of 2,500 koyan. 1957 Federation of Malaya Ann. Rep. ii. iv. 519 The koyan (40 piculs)..—5,333⅓ lbs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1783
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