LOBOLA


Meaning of LOBOLA in English

/ ləˈbəʊlə; lɒˈbɔːlə; NAmE loʊˈb-/ noun

[ U ] ( SAfrE ) in traditional African culture, a sum of money or number of cattle that a man's family pays to a woman's family in order that he can marry her :

to pay lobola

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WORD ORIGIN

Zulu and Xhosa .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.