Malay units of measurement

Units of measurement used in Malaysia and neighbouring countries include the kati, a unit of mass, and the gantang, a unit of volume.

Mass

For mass, the catty[1] equals 0.6 kg.[2] Another unit is picul which equals 60 kg.[3]

Volume

For other uses, see Gantang (disambiguation).

The gantang is equivalent to an imperial gallon, or 4.54609 cubic decimetres.

Table of equivalences

Unit	Imperial gallon	Millilitres
kepul	1⁄16	284.130625
leng	1⁄8	568.26125
cupak	1⁄4	1136.5225
gantang	1	4546.09
sukat	4	18184.36
nalih	16	72737.44
kunca	160	727374.4
Note: The millilitre equivalences are exact.

References

1. "Kati" entry at A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English.
2. "Weights and Measures Act 1972". Laws of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.
3. 新华字典 (Xīnhuá Zìdiǎn), Peking, 1984.

Further reading

• Malay Fishermen: Their Peasant Economy, by Raymond Firth. Norton (1975) ISBN 0-393-00775-8