lobola
noun/ləˈbəʊlə/, /ləˈbɔːlə/
/ləˈbəʊlə/, /ləˈbɔːlə/
South African English [lɔˈbɔːlɐ]
[uncountable] (South African English)- 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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