sternë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• sterë, sterrë

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek στέρνα (stérna), from Latin cisterna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsternə/
• Rhymes: -ernə

Noun

sternë f (plural sternë, definite sterna, definite plural sternat) (dialectal)

1. water tank, cistern

References

• Kume, Juljana (2020) “The classification of Greek lexical loan elements in the Albanian language based on borrowing ways”, in Studia Albanica