irebeta

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Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ìɾɛ̀βɛ́tà(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Noun[edit]

irebeta class 5 (plural marebeta)

  1. poem, verse[1]
  2. song with cryptic phrasing sung to the accompaniment of the gourd instrument (gĩcandĩ)[2]
  3. epigram[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "verse" in Barlow, A. Ruffell (1975). English-Kikuyu dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. 2.0 2.1 irebeta” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 374. Oxford: Clarendon Press.