Definition of "syllabify" [syl•lab•i•fy]

• To form or divide into syllables. (verb-transitive)

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• "It proves that this was so since there are only so many ways in which a word may syllabify according to the basic principle of sonority hierarchy, an important concept in phonetics."
• "Hmmm, that doesn't sound right to me since phonotactic restrictions would cause the nasal to syllabify before the laryngeal and then it would be pronounced **m̥h₂ḱros, no?"