lobolo

or lo·bo·la

[ loh-buh-luh ]

noun

, plural lo·bo·los.

1. a bride price, typically of cattle, paid to a bride's father among Bantu-speaking tribes of southern Africa.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lobolo¹

1815–25; < Zulu ( ili ) lobolo, ( i ) lobolo (with implosive b ), or a cognate Nguni word