mite

punkki

muru A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species.
A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
1803, William Blake, w:Auguries of Innocence|Auguries of Innocence

One mite wrung from the lab'rer's hands

Shall buy and sell the miser's lands;

"Those trousers are a mite too big, but you'll soon grow into them."

"Silas, now," Esther Whitley had said, "would be a good one for you, Hannah. He's a mite on the old side, but he's steady, an' he's been wed before. He knows the ways of a woman better'n some.

“Tom told me that, but twasn't your fault, the little mite just couldn't wait to be born that's all.” A small smile played on Leah's lips