What does そうべ mean?


It is in the title of a book named そうべえまっくろけのけ. How to split そうべえまっくろけのけ?




`そうべえ` is the name of a person. `そうべ` does not mean anything.

> そうべえ まっ くろ け の け  
>  Soubee purely/really black -ish and "ke"  
>  'Soubee, who turned entirely black-ish-ish'

`のけ` does not mean much, but is just making it rythmic, repeating the `け`.

