ubeti

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْت (bayt).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ubeti class XI (plural beti class X)

  1. (poetry) verse, stanza

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44 Nr. 344