Finnish Units of Measurement - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

  • askel (pace) – Roughly one meter for an adult male - a rough but convenient way to measure distances while walking.
  • hehto – hectoliter, 100 liters, potatoes
  • kivenheitto (Throw of a rock) – 100 kyynärä (approx 50 m). Today to describe something to be very near.
  • poronkusema – (approximately 7.5 km). A Lappish measurement of distance; the distance a reindeer can travel before needing to stop to urinate. Today used to describe something that is at a very obscure distance away.
  • Poronkusemaa kuukaudessa – similar to furlongs per fortnight, about 2.9 mm/s
  • tusina – 12
  • toltti – 12 (lumber)
  • tiu – 20 (eggs)
  • puntti – 20 (matchboxes)
  • kerpo – 31 (lampreys; 30 as a bunch and one for tying)
  • krossi – 144 (pencils)
  • kiihtelys – 40 (squirrel pelts)
  • riisi – 500 (paper sheets)
  • tonni – 1000 (usually refers to 1000 kg, but can refer also anything of 1000, especially money)
  • motti – 1 m³ (firewood or waste paper)

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