slightly, a little, a bit, somewhat (of a span of time, or an amount or degree) · used to preface and soften a negative expression · an indirect expression of refusal: well, umm
köken: From ちっと (chitto), itself a geminated emphatic form of ちと (chito), originally composed of ち (chi, “small”, not used in isolation; cognate with the chi in 小さい chīsai) + と (to, adverbial particle). First attested in 1477.
little, not much (to a small degree) · little, not many (at a small frequency; not often; in small numbers) · no; not only (used to introduce a new, more apt characteristic ascribed to something)
eş: nieco, trochę, niewiele, odrobinę, tyle, co kot napłakał, tyle co nic
zıt: dużo
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *mṓˀlas Proto-Slavic *màlъ Old Polish mały Proto-Slavic *-o Old Polish -o Old Polish mało Polish mało Inherited from Old Polish mało. By surface analysis, mały + -o. Compare Kashubian mało and Slovincian malô.
aile: jakich mało, o mało, o mało co, małodobry, bez mała, co najmniej, jakby tego było mało, mało brakowało, mało co nie, mało nie
köken: A genitive or instructive singular form of *hiema, which could be from Proto-Finnic *hëëma-, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sēmô through earlier *šeema(n) (in which case the word is a doublet of siemen), or alternatively derived from hieta through irregular suffix substitution. However, neither of these can be considered certain.
Saisinko hieman lisää?
Tänään meillä on tarjolla jotain hieman erikoisempaa.
köken: Uncertain, as with a number of similar words across the Romance languages. Probably from Vulgar Latin *putīnus, a blend/alteration of Latin pisinnus, pittinnus and putillus, pusillus, all meaning “a teeny boy”. Compare Aromanian putsãn; further Albanian picërr, Italian piccino and piccolo, French petit and Occitan pitchoun, Old Logudorese pithinnu, Tarantino piččinnu. An alternative, perhaps less…
aile: cel puțin, împuțina, mai puțin, puțina, puținătate, puțintel