noun, masculine/kaˈban/plural: cavanes
a cavan; a unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels; a unit of dry capacity equivalent to one and a half times or twice the Manila cavan
From Tagalog kaban. Also from Cebuano kaban. See also Japanese 鞄(かばん) (kaban, “bag”), Hokkien 合萬 /合万 (kap-bān, “cashbox; till”), Teochew 合萬 /合万 (kap buāng, “safebox”), Cantonese 夾萬 /夹万 (gaap³ maan⁶, “safebox”).