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lobolo

lobolo is the alternative form of lobola.

Meaning of lobola

Noun

lobola (countable and uncountable, plural lobolas)

  1. (South Africa) The bride price among certain Bantu peoples of South Africa.
    • The cattle of the second kaffir had been obtained from the first kaffir as lobola; all (three) have died from the disease.1901 June 21, “The Rinderpest Outbreak”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 8
    Antonyms:
    dowry

Forms of lobolo

plurallobolos

Questions about lobolo

What is lobolo the alternative form of?
Lobolo is the alternative form of lobola.

Words near lobolo in the dictionary

  1. lobo
  2. Loboc
  3. Loboda
  4. lobola
  5. lobolas
  6. lobolo
  7. lobolos
  8. lobomycosis
  9. lobomycotic
  10. lobophorolide
  11. lobophylliid

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