irebeta
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- 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
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
- (song): rũĩmbo
- (epigram): thimo
References
- "verse" in Barlow, A. Ruffell (1975). English-Kikuyu dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “irebeta” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 374. Oxford: Clarendon Press.