picul means 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. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
picul is pronounced /ˈpɪkəl/.
Etymology
From Malay pikul, with influence from earlier Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese pico.
noun
- 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.”