-vuotias

== Finnish == === Etymology === From vuote- (“year”) +‎ -ias. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-ˌʋuo̯tiɑs/, [-ˌʋuo̞̯t̪iɑ̝s̠] Rhymes: -uotiɑs Syllabification(key): vuo‧ti‧as Hyphenation(key): vuo‧ti‧as === Adjective === -vuotias (not comparable) (as a headword in compounds) -year-old, years old (used to express age in years) ==== Usage notes ==== The adjectives formed with -vuotias are often used as nouns: When expressing ages of full tens of years, the last -en in the word kymmenen (“ten”) or -tä in kymmentä (with higher tens) may be omitted: kymmenenvuotias ~ kymmenvuotias From twenty years on, the last -kymmentävuotias is often replaced with -kymppinen, especially in spoken language: kuusikymmenvuotias ~ kuusikymppinen (“sixty-year-old”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== vuotta vanha ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== -vuotinen === Further reading === “-vuotias”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023