"A little"

[Our Lady of Toast]

Kaltxì, ma smukan sì smuke!

I'm wondering how to say a little when it's used in an adverbial sense - i.e., I slept a little or I understand a little (or any other verb you might want to use there).

I know that the adverb for much, nìtxan, is formed from nì + txan large (in quantity).  Is it all right to form nìhìm the same way, using hìm small (in quantity)?  Or is there some other way this is usually said?

For a specific example, could I say

Nìhìm tslam oe.  I understand a little.
Nìhìm hahaw oe.  I sleep a little.
Nìhìm taron oe.  I hunt a little.
Nìtxan tslam nga.  You understand a lot.
Nìtxan taron nga.  You hunt a lot.
Ulte nìhìm hahaw oe.  And you sleep a lot.

I only found one use of nìhìm on the forums, which made me think I'm overlooking some other expression.

Irayo!

P.S. If anyone's puzzling over calling "a little" an adverbial expression in English - I know it might look like an adjective, because "little" is usually an adjective, or like a noun phrase, because it begins with "a".  But if you look at the way it's used in English, you'll notice that you can substitute other adverbs such as "partially" or "briefly" for the adverbial "a little", and you can't substitute other noun phrases.

[kewnya txamew'itan]

Always check the dictionary. 

There's an entry nì'it with the definition "adv. a bit, a small amount (abstract)".

It's important to note that hìm would be small in number whilst 'it is a little bit so can be used with uncountable nouns.

[Our Lady of Toast]

I actually searched the dictionary for "little" - I must have missed that one because it doesn't actually use the English word I was searching for.

[kewnya txamew'itan]

Fair enough, using the dictionary a lot helps you come up with synonyms quickly because of the way you have to search it. 

[Dreamlight]

Every language needs synonyms.

[kewnya txamew'itan]

Na'vi doesn't have very many though (on account of the small lexicon), the main ones I can think of are na/pxel, I think we still don't have a distinction between them. 

[Our Lady of Toast]

I wish I'd thought of "bit", though, since it's a word that's surprisingly useful in its base form.  (I'd looked for a couple of things in the dictionary, then started searching through the forums ... didn't want to ask a question until my own searches had failed.)  Thanks for all the help!

[omängum fra'uti]

Sometimes it's good to use the Na'vi / English dictionary WITHOUT using the search.  You get a good idea for what is in there, even if you don't remember the Na'vi words.  It helps with coming up with the right word to look for when you need it.  And spending less time looking for the word will help it stick in your mind, I'd imagine.