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== Opacity ==
== Opacity ==
Current object-incorporating verbs are said to be "opaque": quantifications like {{t|po tu poq}} are restricted to a ficticious small "{{t|po}} + object clause", rather than the encompassing clause.
Current object-incorporating verbs are said to be "opaque": quantifications in phrases like {{t|po tu poq}} are restricted to a ficticious small "{{t|po}} + object clause", rather than the encompassing clause.


Another way to think about this is that the {{t|tu}} doesn't leave the ''definition'' of the new verb.
Another way to think about this is that the {{t|tu}} doesn't leave the ''definition'' of the new verb.