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)
Read more about this topic: Finnish Units Of Measurement