irebeta
Kikuyu
editPronunciation
edit- 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
editirebeta class 5 (plural marebeta)
- poem, verse[1]
- song with cryptic phrasing sung to the accompaniment of the gourd instrument (gĩcandĩ)[2]
- epigram[2]