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单词 lobolo
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
lo•bo•lo  (lōbə lə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -los. 
  1. Anthropologya bride price, typically of cattle, paid to a bride's father among Bantu-speaking tribes of southern Africa.
Also, lobo•la. 
  • Zulu (ili)lobolo, (i)lobolo (with implosive b), or a cognate Nguni word
  • 1815–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lobola, lobolo /lɔːˈbɔːlə ləˈbəʊ-/ n
  1. (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
Etymology: from Nguni ukulobola to give the bride price
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