The Little Things: Type 1 Noun Suffix -Hom

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-Hom diminutive

As well as being able to express something as being of greater importance or prominence with the -'a' suffix, so too they can express something as being a diminutive, smaller or lesser version by using the Type 1 noun suffix -Hom.

paq	book
paqHom	booklet
yuQ	planet
yuQHom	planetoid
loD	man
loDHom	boy
be'	woman
be'Hom	girl
Qagh	error, blunder
QaghHom	slip, minor error
roj	peace
rojHom	truce
choH	change
choHHom	minor change
chunDab	meteor
chunDabHom	meteoroid

Examples of usage:-

jagh rIQmoHchu'pu' nuHHomvetlh	That tiny weapon seriously injured the enemy
cha' mIn'a'Du' mInHomDu' law' je ghaj nov qabvetlh	That alien's face has two big eyes and lots of little eyes
QIHHom neH SIQ pat	The system only suffered minor damage
qaSDI' poHvetlh, leQHomvetlh yIyuv	When that time comes, push that little switch
QaghHommey lughbe'moHlu'chugh wa' Qagh'a' moj QaghHommey law'	Left uncorrected, many small errors build into a major error

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