In Steritan, the main stress always falls on the first syllable, but when in a word there is a vowel with accent mark (á, é, í...) the main stress falls on this vowel.
Here are 7 examples when the syllable with main stress is important.
enikisre (window)-enikísre (strange)
hîn'te (universe)-hîn'té (fall off)
der̥ğeniʔ (illness)-der̥ğeníʔ (to hit)
ụnecoʢæna (time)-ụnecóʢæna (to open)
ɑni (horse)-ɑní (sky)
lîçpa (character)-lîçpá (short, small)
viãka (age)-viãká (neither one)