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Sterko Fermented Animal Null Wikt Etymology Borrowed Pronunciation

The word "sterko" means fermented animal excrement used as fertilizer, or figuratively, crap. It originates from the Latin "stercus".

La vorto "sterko" signifas fermentitan bestan ekskrementon uzatan kiel sterko, aŭ figurancon de sensignifaĵo. Ĝi devenas de la latina "stercus".

Frequency Rank of Word 4942
Word sterko
Meanings
    fermented animal
    excrement
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/excrement
    used for
    fertilizer
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fertilizer
    ,
    manure
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/manure

    (

    figuratively
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative
    )
    crap
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crap

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stercus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stercus#Latin
.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈsterko/
  • Hyphenation: ster‧ko
  • Rhymes:
    -erko

Noun

sterko (uncountable, accusative

sterkon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sterkon#Esperanto
)

  1. fermented animal
    excrement
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/excrement
    used for
    fertilizer
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fertilizer
    ,
    manure
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/manure
  2. (
    figuratively
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative
    )
    crap
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crap

Derived terms

  • sterki
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sterki#Esperanto

See also

  • feko
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feko#Esperanto
    (
    shit
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shit
    ) (slang)
  • fekaĵo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feka%C4%B5o#Esperanto
    (
    dungheap
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dungheap
    )

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