bə noun, plural lo·bo·los.
a bride price, typically of cattle, paid to a bride's father among Bantu-speaking tribes of southern Africa.
Also, lo·bo·la.
Origin:
1815–25; < Zulu (ili)lobolo, (i)lobolo (with implosive b), or a cognate Nguni word
1815–25; < Zulu (ili)lobolo, (i)lobolo (with implosive b), or a cognate Nguni word
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lobola or lobolo (lɔːˈbɔːlə, ləˈbəʊ-, lɔːˈbɔːlə, ləˈbəʊ-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| (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 | |
| [from Nguni ukulobola to give the bride price] | |
| lobolo or lobolo | |
| —n | |
| [from Nguni ukulobola to give the bride price] | |
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