Hi Chamanga, use LaTeX mode (ERT)
\mbox{-renga} Regards, Jürgen. chamanga wrote: > I am writting a comorian dictionary (bantu language) and I note verbs or > adjectives by preceding the term by a dash (-) (ex: -renga "to take", -zuri > "beautiful"). I am trying to figure out how to keep the dash attached to > the beginning of the word. The software (lyx) automatically separates the > two if they happen to come at the end of the line.