diff --git a/terminology/terminology.tex b/terminology/terminology.tex
index 780edd5..9f0e819 100644
--- a/terminology/terminology.tex
+++ b/terminology/terminology.tex
@@ -632,6 +632,15 @@ \section{Transcribing of Maya texts}
     \item Reconstructed sounds based on historical, internal, or paleographic evidence are 
           represented in [square brackets]
 \end{itemize}
+\subsection{Syncope}
+% LTeX: enabled=false
+Syncope means that a segment in a word is omitted in the written script.
+For example, the mid-vowel \mayan{o} or \mayan{u} in the Mayan noun \mayan{ahk'ot?/ahk'ut} 
+for the English word \english{dance} gets elided when the noun is verbalized.
+The intransitive verb \mayan{ahk't-} (e.g. \mayan{ahk'taj} for \english{to dance})
+doesn't contain the inner vowel anymore.
+The phoneme has been syncopated.
+% LTeX: enabled=true
 
 
 \end{document}