lobolo
or lo·bo·la
[ loh-buh-luh ]
/ ˈloʊ bə lə /
noun, plural lo·bo·los.
a bride price, typically of cattle, paid to a bride's father among Bantu-speaking tribes of southern Africa.
Origin of lobolo
1815–25; < Zulu (
ili)lobolo, (
i)lobolo (with implosive
b), or a cognate Nguni word
Words nearby lobolo
loblolly bay,
loblolly boy,
loblolly pine,
lobo,
lobola,
lobolo,
lobopodium,
lobose,
lobotomize,
lobotomized,
lobotomy
Example sentences from the Web for lobola
British Dictionary definitions for lobola
lobola
lobolo
/ (lɔːˈbɔːlə, ləˈbəʊ-) /
noun
(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
Word Origin for lobola
from Nguni
ukulobola to give the bride price