Compound and Hyphenated Words

If a word is compound, such as "Sunday" then it CAN be hyphenated but doesn't HAVE to be. You can spell it Sun-bai or Sunbai.

If a word is NOT compound in English but is one concept (for example, grape juice) then it MUST be hyphenated. When you hear "Grape juice" you probably don't just think of it as one whole word. It's one concept, two separate words. They're not viewed separately. You don't think "it's a juice with grapes in it." No, you probably think "oh it's a flavor of juice."

Secondary or Tertiary colors are ALWAYS hyphenated. They are done so using the colors that mix them, in the order that those colors appear in the rainbow. For example, green is "naboc-cubus" because yellow and blue make it, and yellow is before blue in the rainbow. Colors such as black, brown, white, and gray are individual words.

The one exception to all these hyphenating rules is orange juice. Orange juice is one concept, two separate words, but it uses a color as part of the concept. Since it's one concept, it must be hyphenated. But wait! The color orange must be hyphenated too! How does that work??? Well, you have options. You can write gubis-naboc-suc, or gubis-naboc suc. I recommend the first option the most because it's least confusing. Using gubis-naboc suc is clear, but you risk it being viewed as two separate concepts. (Juice that is orange/made with oranges).