pittuus
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *piduc, equivalent to pit- (“long”) + -uus. Cognates include Finnish pituus.
Pronunciation
Noun
pittuus
- length
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
- No joka predmetan kupahain päivän pittuueel muuttuu.
- But the shadow of every object changes in length during the day.
- (phonetics) length
Declension
| Declension of pittuus (type 2/oikehus, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pittuus | pittuuet |
| genitive | pittuuen | pittuuksin |
| partitive | pittuutta | pittuuksia |
| illative | pittuuee | pittuuksii |
| inessive | pittuuees | pittuuksiis |
| elative | pittuuest | pittuuksist |
| allative | pittuuelle | pittuuksille |
| adessive | pittuueel | pittuuksiil |
| ablative | pittuuelt | pittuuksilt |
| translative | pittuueks | pittuuksiks |
| essive | pittuuenna, pittuueen | pittuuksinna, pittuuksiin |
| exessive1) | pittuuent | pittuuksint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
- (phonetic length): kvantitetta
Derived terms
References
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