[tlhIngan Hol] {neH} as in "the only"

[D qunen'oS]

puq neH ghaH
he is only a child

But why can't it mean too "he is the only child", as in "the only child of
two parents"?

Similarly, we have the {jonta' neH} for "only the engine". But why can't it
mean too "the only engine"?

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Dana'an
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