Description:

Modifier:

The modifier 'sutta' means long, either in space or in time. It describes prototypically objects which are skinny and long horizontally.

Noun:

The derived form 'suttan' is means 'length' in a noun context. 

Verb:

In a verb context, the derived form 'suttan' is a noxaj verb of measurement meaning to have a certain length, where the absolutive subject is the thing being measured and the dative object is the units of measurement, typically also with a quantifier. A causative happat form can also be used where an ergative subject is added which is a person or thing doing the measuring. See attached article.