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picul

/ˈpɪkəl/

Sounds like pickle · Rhymes with -ɪkəl

Where it comes from

From Malay pikul, with influence from earlier Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese pico.

noun piculs · pical · pikal · pikol · pikul · pico

A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg. Powder sugar of China, the hundred cattees or peecull worth fortie to fiftie.
Similar: pingo, dan, tam, tan

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日本語	ピクル
中文	擔 /担 dàn
Tiếng Việt	tạ

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@misc{picul_2026,
  title = {picul},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/picul},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}