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 * {{x|og}} (惡; "evil") + {{x|ix}} (意; "intention") = {{x|ok'ix}}
-In MTL, we group the letters starting from the right into the longest syllable. So reading ''okix'', the second syllable is ''kix''. Then the first syllable is ''o''. There's no need to write ''o'kix''.
+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 be ''okix'', so the apostrophe needs to stay.
+If you drop the apostrophe from ''ok'ix'', it would look identical to ''okix''. In this case, we must keep the apostrophe.
 === Hyphen (-) ===