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pikul

pikul is the alternative form of picul.

Meaning of picul

Noun

picul (plural piculs)

  1. 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.c. 1605, John Saris, quoted in Anthony Farrington's The English Factory in Japan (1991), p. 56
    Synonyms:
    pingo, dan, tam, tan

Proper noun capitalized: Pikul

Pikul (plural Pikuls)

  1. A surname.

Forms of pikul

Noun
pluralpikuls
Proper noun
pluralPikuls

Origin of pikul

Borrowed from Malay pikul.

Questions about pikul

What does pikul mean?
Pikul means a surname.
What is pikul the alternative form of?
Pikul is the alternative form of picul.
What part of speech is pikul?
Pikul is a proper noun.

Words near pikul in the dictionary

  1. pikols
  2. pikrolite
  3. pikromycin
  4. PIKs
  5. pikuach nefesh
  6. pikul
  7. Pikula
  8. Pikulas
  9. pikuls
  10. pikuroside
  11. PIL

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