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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- 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
irebeta class 5 (plural marebeta)
- poem, verse[1]
- song with cryptic phrasing sung to the accompaniment of the gourd instrument (gĩcandĩ)[2]
- epigram[2]
See also
References
- ^ "verse" in Barlow, A. Ruffell (1975). English-Kikuyu dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “irebeta” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 374. Oxford: Clarendon Press.