gitling
gitlíng with stress marks
hyphen
Usage Note
Gitling is the standard Filipino term for the hyphen punctuation mark taught in schools. It is also used in linguistics to show syllable boundaries and morpheme joins in Tagalog affixed words.
Examples
" May gitling ang salita. "
Natural Translation
The word has a hyphen.
Literal Translation
There-is hyphen the word.
" Gamitin ang gitling sa pagitan ng salita at panlapi. "
Natural Translation
Use a hyphen between the word and the affix.
Literal Translation
Use the hyphen in-the between-of word and affix.
" Kapag inuulit ang ugat ng salita, kailangang lagyan ng gitling tulad sa salitang araw-araw. "
Natural Translation
When the root of a word is repeated, it needs a hyphen, as in the word araw-araw (daily).
Literal Translation
When being-repeated the root of word, needs put of hyphen like in word araw-araw.
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