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kobeta
koh-BE-te
beat
French: frapper / battre
Bayebi kobeta mbonda.
They know how to beat the drum.
Ils savent battre le tambour.
To beat — also to strike a drum and a beat. Kobeta is to hit or beat. Sadly it strikes a child; gladly it strikes a mbonda (drum), and the whole village finds the rhythm and begins to dance.
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