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Definition of lobola in English: lobola(also lobolo) noun ləˈbəʊləlōbələ 1(among southern African peoples) a bride price, traditionally one paid with cattle. 彩礼（非洲南部各民族的习俗，尤指由男方交予女方家庭的牛） Example sentencesExamples - Polygynous marriages (multiple wives) were permitted where the husband had the means to pay the lobolo (bride wealth) for each, and to maintain them properly.
- ‘My father said that acting does not pay and I wouldn't get married if I continued because I wouldn't have money to pay lobola,’ says Rapetsoa.
- Xolani abducted her and took her to this home, made an instalment payment on the lobola to Nokwanda's mother, and then went to work at a factory in Johannesburg to earn the money to pay the remainder of the five cows debt.
- He is hard at work building up a sizeable lobola so he can win Lisa's heart on 14 February.
- Even men who marry commoners are struggling to afford lobola, which has increased with the expectations of parents whose daughters are marrying into the mushrooming black middle class.
- Nandi was the first of Zwelithini's daughters to marry and Mtirara paid 120 cattle and two horses as lobola and bought his bride a R65000 diamond ring.
- But the good news is that the two men have apparently reconciled, so much so that Mokoena is no longer requesting the return of the lobola he paid for Herbie.
- Both traditional arranged marriages and modern marriages involve the lobola, or bride-price.
- Silverfields Primary School from Krugersdorp donated R1 100 to the zoo for Makoko's lobola.
- Her family apparently informed her they had agreed to the arranged marriage and that lobola of seven cattle had already been paid.
- This lobola traditionally involves cattle or other livestock, but in modern times money settlements have been accepted.
- Five cows and 30 sheep were slaughtered during the event, which together with the bride's R60000 lobola cost the groom a total of R200000.
- If he has beaten her, he must pay an additional cow in lobola.
- Other items worn by engaged women could include pieces that communicated her fiancé's progress with lobola.
- The princess, whose father had demanded 114 head of cattle and two horses as lobola, entertained the crowd as she danced with a large silver sword presented to her by the Zulu monarch.
- Marriage rates have plunged in southern Africa since the 1970s, partly because young men cannot afford the lobola, or bride price, required in cattle.
- Cattle were their wealth, the lobola with which men paid for brides.
- Now the church members, and Mpani's co-treasurer, Zameka Dikeni, say that the priest paid for the lavish wedding party and lobola out of church funds.
- Their economic value was measured in lobolo, usually in the form of cattle.
- 1.1mass noun The practice of paying a bride price.
送彩礼（的事） Example sentencesExamples - I don't have money or anything, because with Africans, what we do, we pay lobola, we call it lobola.
- Nomakhuze Solwandle of the Masonwabisane Women's Support Group said her organisation supported the custom of lobola and would welcome any suggestion to curb corruption within the practice.
- That custom lacks the quaintness of lobola and in my world, it would be called kidnapping.
- Is the old Xhosa tradition of lobola going to be forgotten, and is the head of the kraal going to be two people in future?
- He said discussions about lobola had not yet been finalised.
Definition of lobola in US English: lobola(also lobolo) nounlōbələ 1(among southern African peoples) a bride price, especially one paid with cattle. 彩礼（非洲南部各民族的习俗，尤指由男方交予女方家庭的牛） Example sentencesExamples - Silverfields Primary School from Krugersdorp donated R1 100 to the zoo for Makoko's lobola.
- This lobola traditionally involves cattle or other livestock, but in modern times money settlements have been accepted.
- Now the church members, and Mpani's co-treasurer, Zameka Dikeni, say that the priest paid for the lavish wedding party and lobola out of church funds.
- Xolani abducted her and took her to this home, made an instalment payment on the lobola to Nokwanda's mother, and then went to work at a factory in Johannesburg to earn the money to pay the remainder of the five cows debt.
- Her family apparently informed her they had agreed to the arranged marriage and that lobola of seven cattle had already been paid.
- Even men who marry commoners are struggling to afford lobola, which has increased with the expectations of parents whose daughters are marrying into the mushrooming black middle class.
- The princess, whose father had demanded 114 head of cattle and two horses as lobola, entertained the crowd as she danced with a large silver sword presented to her by the Zulu monarch.
- But the good news is that the two men have apparently reconciled, so much so that Mokoena is no longer requesting the return of the lobola he paid for Herbie.
- ‘My father said that acting does not pay and I wouldn't get married if I continued because I wouldn't have money to pay lobola,’ says Rapetsoa.
- Marriage rates have plunged in southern Africa since the 1970s, partly because young men cannot afford the lobola, or bride price, required in cattle.
- Other items worn by engaged women could include pieces that communicated her fiancé's progress with lobola.
- Both traditional arranged marriages and modern marriages involve the lobola, or bride-price.
- He is hard at work building up a sizeable lobola so he can win Lisa's heart on 14 February.
- Nandi was the first of Zwelithini's daughters to marry and Mtirara paid 120 cattle and two horses as lobola and bought his bride a R65000 diamond ring.
- If he has beaten her, he must pay an additional cow in lobola.
- Polygynous marriages (multiple wives) were permitted where the husband had the means to pay the lobolo (bride wealth) for each, and to maintain them properly.
- Their economic value was measured in lobolo, usually in the form of cattle.
- Five cows and 30 sheep were slaughtered during the event, which together with the bride's R60000 lobola cost the groom a total of R200000.
- Cattle were their wealth, the lobola with which men paid for brides.
- 1.1 The practice of paying a bride price.
送彩礼（的事） Example sentencesExamples - That custom lacks the quaintness of lobola and in my world, it would be called kidnapping.
- Nomakhuze Solwandle of the Masonwabisane Women's Support Group said her organisation supported the custom of lobola and would welcome any suggestion to curb corruption within the practice.
- He said discussions about lobola had not yet been finalised.
- I don't have money or anything, because with Africans, what we do, we pay lobola, we call it lobola.
- Is the old Xhosa tradition of lobola going to be forgotten, and is the head of the kraal going to be two people in future?
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