Example sentences from the Web for lobola

Nkose, two more would complete the lobola, for the girl is fine and much sought after, and her father—whau!
The White Hand and the Black|Bertram Mitford
For I intend to lobola for all three of you, as well as for her.
The King's Assegai|Bertram Mitford
Lobola: The price in cattle paid by the intending bridegroom to the parent or guardian of a girl.
The King's Assegai|Bertram Mitford
As our father asks no lobola, perhaps you have taken the gift instead.
Child of Storm|H. Rider Haggard

They had done him out of his cattle, he declared, so that he should have no lobola to offer for any girl.
A Secret of the Lebombo|Bertram Mitford

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

Words nearby lobola

loblolly, loblolly bay, loblolly boy, loblolly pine, lobo, lobola, lobolo, lobopodium, lobose, lobotomize, lobotomized

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单词	lobola
释义	Example sentences from the Web for lobola Nkose, two more would complete the lobola, for the girl is fine and much sought after, and her father—whau! The White Hand and the Black\|Bertram Mitford For I intend to lobola for all three of you, as well as for her. The King's Assegai\|Bertram Mitford Lobola: The price in cattle paid by the intending bridegroom to the parent or guardian of a girl. The King's Assegai\|Bertram Mitford As our father asks no lobola, perhaps you have taken the gift instead. Child of Storm\|H. Rider Haggard They had done him out of his cattle, he declared, so that he should have no lobola to offer for any girl. A Secret of the Lebombo\|Bertram Mitford 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 Words nearby lobola loblolly, loblolly bay, loblolly boy, loblolly pine, lobo, lobola, lobolo, lobopodium, lobose, lobotomize, lobotomized 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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