kaniinĩ

adj.

1. small, little. Small, little. Diminutive in size or quantity; used to describe something of modest or minimal proportions.

Example: Ndũkaae kũraakarĩra mũndũ tondũ wa kaũndũ kaniini na ndũgeeke ũndũ tondũ wa kuona mwĩtĩĩo waku ta ũirĩĩtwo. (No matter what the wrong, never harm your neighbor or go the way of arrogance.); Rĩrĩa aakuhĩrĩirie mwanyainĩ wa Bethi Horoni, Judasi akiumagara akarũe naake e na gakundi kaniini ga thigari. (and in A.D. 66 a Roman force under Cestius was trapped and massacred. Judas went out to meet him with a few men.)