syllabify

Verb (usu participle)

syl=lab=i=fy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

syllabify(v = verb.contact) syllabicate, syllabise, syllabize - divide into syllables; "syllabify the words"

is one way to section, segment

Derived forms noun syllabification₁, noun syllable₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

syllabify, v. t. [L. syllaba syllable + -fy.].

To form or divide into syllables. [1913 Webster]