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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/2/2019 3:57 PM, nIqolay Q wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAG84SOt_X+vzwJ6hjX66AngGJ84VO=5sHXXA5t2BVWSYoLuDhw@mail.gmail.com"><b>-Hom</b>
isn't synonymous with <b>mach</b> and no one said it was. <b>-Hom</b>
can refer to diminutive aspects of things besides size (such as
importance). But <b>mach</b> <i>is</i> one of the notions that
can be expressed with <b>-Hom</b>, and there are examples (<b>bo'DaghHom,
naQHom</b>) where it appears to be the <i>only</i> notion
expressed with <b>-Hom</b>. </blockquote>
<p>I'm not going to go so far as qurgh in declaring the lack of
only-smallness of <b>-Hom,</b> but I do think <b>bo'Dagh</b> may
be a special case rendering it unsuitable as a data point here. <b>bo'Dagh'a'</b>
and <b>bo'DaghHom</b> are both introduced in KGT as words used to
represent exaggerating and trivializing, respectively. It's the <b>-'a'</b>
and the <b>-Hom</b> that contain these meanings, not the <b>bo'Dagh.</b>
Although the expression is fixed, the fact that it's a spoon is
really irrelevant: if the expressions had been <b>taj'a' lo'</b><i>
use a big knife</i> and <b>tajHom lo'</b><i> use a little
knife,</i> the meanings would be just as clear. So the <b>-'a'</b>
and the <b>-Hom</b> really do mean something more here than just
<i>big</i> and <i>little.</i></p>
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