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lobola

/ lɔːˈbɔːlə; ləˈbəʊ- /

noun

  1. (in southern Africa) an African custom by which a bridegroom's family makes a payment in cattle or cash to the bride's family shortly before the marriage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lobola1

from Nguni ukulobola to give the bride price
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Example Sentences

Sons of my father, I would not pay half a calf in lobola for one white woman I have ever seen.

When a native sends lobola for a new wife he has a new and additional hut built for her accommodation.

This practice, called lobola, still prevails universally, and has caused much perplexity to the missionaries.

For I intend to lobola for all three of you, as well as for her.

I will lobola for Nangeza, and soon I shall be an induna, and she shall be my “great wife.”

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