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.
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