Zatou

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Zatou (Satu) was a unit of weight on the island of Madagascar . The word has the meaning of one hundred. The measure was a grain measure for unpeeled rice , for husked there was the Monscha / Monka or Trubahurasch with about 2.937 kilograms .

  • 1 Zatou = 100 Wuhl (Voule) around 24.5 kilograms
  • 1 wuhl about 250 grams

literature

  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 583.
  • Friedrich Erdmann Petri: Concise manual of foreign words in German written and colloquial language. Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1852, p. 880.
  • Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 2, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 100.