end of a word; word-final position; suffix
Linguistic term referring to the final part of a word, often used in morphology or phonology. Can also refer to a suffix as a word-final element.
In Japanese, 'desu' and 'masu' often appear at the end of words.
この言語では、語末の子音が発音されないことがある。
In this language, word-final consonants may not be pronounced.