語ご幹かん

noun

word stem; stem

Linguistics term for the non-inflecting part of a word to which inflectional endings are attached.

• 日本にほん語ごの動どう詞し「食たべる」の語ご幹かんは「食たべ」です。

  The stem of the Japanese verb 'taberu' is 'tabe'.

• 語ご幹かんに活かつ用よう語ご尾びが付ついて単たん語ごが変へん化かします。

  Words change by attaching inflectional endings to the stem.