Does 本 work as a general purpose prefix?


The motivation for this question is the phrase 本法廷 which I recently read.

Does ほん (本) work as a general purpose prefix? By this I mean can I look in the
dictionary and pick any noun and put 本 in front and have a grammatically
correct phrase?

When it acts as a prefix, can it always mean either 'this' or 'true' depending
on context?

If it is a prefix to a word starting with h-, is rendaku applied to make it
start with p-? For example is 本法廷 ほんほうてい or ほうぽうてい？




大辞泉 has an [entry](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/detail?p=%E6%9C%AC&stype=1&dtype=0)
for 本 as "general purpose prefix":

> ［接頭］名詞に付く。
>
> １ 今、現に問題にしているもの、当面のものであることを表す。この。「―議案」「―大会」
>
> ２ それがいま話している自分にかかわるものであることを表す。「―大臣としては」
>
> ３ きょうの。本日の。「―未明」

That is, 本 means either (1) "now/current", (2) something related to _oneself_
, (3) something related to _today_.

