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=== Opaque ===
=== Opaque ===
# Of a grammar constructs like '''po X''': meaning quantifiers on the inside don't leak out of it into the main prenex.
# Of a grammar construct like '''po X''': meaning quantifiers on the inside don't leak out of it into the main prenex.
# Of compound words like '''nıefā''': meaning that you can't technically figure out the meaning just by applying rules to the parts; you have to look it up in a dictionary to be sure. But of course there are a lot of useful patterns. The decomposition into '''nıe''' and '''fa''' can be considered an etymology or a mnemonic, but there's no "transparent" process that determines its meaning.
# Of compound words like '''nıefā''': meaning that you can't technically figure out the meaning just by applying rules to the parts; you have to look it up in a dictionary to be sure. But of course there are a lot of useful patterns. The decomposition into '''nıe''' and '''fa''' can be considered an etymology or a mnemonic, but there's no "transparent" process that determines its meaning.
#: ''In linguistics, these kinds of compounds are known as '''derivational''' (vs. '''compositional''') or '''exocentric''' (vs. '''endocentric''') compounds.''


=== Small Grammar Update (SGU) ===
=== Small Grammar Update (SGU) ===