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lobolo

American  
[loh-buh-luh] / ˈloʊ bə lə /
Or lobola

noun

plural

lobolos

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

Etymology

Origin of lobolo

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

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