“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> wrote:
Okrand's words:
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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}.
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lI' mu'vam chu':
PicardvaD jatlh Lily <DujmeylIj nu' Daghorpu'>
~mIp'av