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In MTL, syllables actually start from the right and grab letters to the left. Starting with ''{{x|ix}}'', we expand to ''{{x|kix}}''. Then the first syllable is simply ''o'' (''of'' after tone change). We could write ''o'kix'' but drop the apostrophe to get ''okix''.
In MTL, syllables actually start from the right and grab letters to the left. Starting with ''{{x|ix}}'', we expand to ''{{x|kix}}''. Then the first syllable is simply ''o'' (''of'' after tone change). We could write ''o'kix'' but drop the apostrophe to get ''okix''.


If you drop the apostrophe from ''ok'ix'', it would look identical to ''okix''. In this case, we must keep the apostrophe.
If you drop the apostrophe from ''[[ok'ix]]'', it would look identical to ''[[okix]]''. In this case, we must keep the apostrophe.


=== Hyphen (-) ===
=== Hyphen (-) ===
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