“If/when it's appropriate, you could also make use of {-Hom}.” Indeed. From the Hallmark BOP commercial (1994): GOWRON: vaj malopmeH tlhIHvaD nob SaSuqpu'. tlhIngan toQDujHom 'oH. So to celebrate, I've gotten you all a gift. It's a Klingon Bird-of-Prey ornament. CREWMAN 1: toQDujna' rurchu'! It looks so real! CREWMAN 2: Qapqu' wovmoHbogh janHommey! It even has working lights! Voragh From: Ed Bailey On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 11:46 AM Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de<mailto:levinius@gmx.de>> wrote: Okrand's words: ------ There's no noun Maltz is aware of like "miniature" (small model or version of something). {machqu'} is fine, but if you want to avoid it, you could use the verb {nu'} which means something like "be particularly small" and is often used of things that are smaller than the usual or expected size. In general, things that are {nu'} are smaller than those that are {mach} or even {machqu'} — but there's no hard line or specific rule. If/when it's appropriate, you could also make use of {-Hom}. ------ lI' mu'vam chu': PicardvaD jatlh Lily <DujmeylIj nu' Daghorpu'> ~mIp'av