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单词 lobola
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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. 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.

Origin

Zulu and Xhosa.

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. 1.1 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?

Origin

Zulu and Xhosa.

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