pituus

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *piduc, derived by the suffix -uus from the root *pite- (from Proto-Uralic *pide) from which pitkä is also derived. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpituːs/, [ˈpit̪uːs̠] Rhymes: -ituːs Syllabification(key): pi‧tuus Hyphenation(key): pi‧tuus === Noun === pituus length (distance measured along the longest dimension of an object) length, duration Synonym: kesto height (of a person: vertical distance from the ground to the highest part when standing) longitude (angular distance east or west from Greenwich meridian; used in combination with itäinen (“eastern”) or läntinen (“western”)) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (longitude): pituusaste ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== (height): korkeus, säkäkorkeus === Further reading === “pituus”, 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 3 July 2023