päänmitta

Finnish

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Definitions
  • head-length a mostly ad hoc measurement unit equivalent to the length of a head

Etymology

Affix from Finnish pää (head, main, end, tip, top, crest, headed, main etc, head's, chief, of head, primary, in the head, principal) + Finnish mitta (measure, meter, dimension, length).

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Finnish

mitta

Gloss

measure, meter, dimension, length

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