On 8/9/2016 12:54 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. wrote:
As usual, context is key.
I would not think "young" unless context made it clear that we were discussing the ages of animals. Perhaps hunting season is upon us, and the prey have to be a certain age in order for us to kill them. {loDHom} does mean "boy" afterall. Is a boy a small man, a young man, a lesser man? What about a midget? Is a midget not a {loDHom}?
I could also see two people camping, one of them is new to camping. They hear a rustling in the brush, and the camper who knows the area informs the newcomer that it's a {Ha'DIbaHHom}, and not to worry about it.
ghIlab ghewmey tIbuSQo'! Also important is that *-Hom* is not necessarily always an ad hoc suffix. A *loDHom* is exactly one thing: a boy. Not a small man, not a man of lesser status. It has been lexicalized. A *Qa'Hom* is not a small *Qa',* but a completely different animal. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name