Lobola

//ˈləʊbələ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The bride price among certain Bantu peoples of South Africa. South-Africa, countable, uncountable

    "The cattle of the second kaffir had been obtained from the first kaffir as lobola; all (three) have died from the disease."

Antonyms

All antonyms
dowry

Example

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"The cattle of the second kaffir had been obtained from the first kaffir as lobola; all (three) have died from the disease."

Etymology

From Xhosa lobola, Zulu lobola (“pay dowry”).

Related phrases

bride price

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