English
lobola
Lobola comes from Xhosa lobola.
- Xhosamodernlobola
- Englishearliest quotation 1901same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Xhosamodernlobola
- Englishearliest quotation 1901same form
Earliest quotation: 1901, The Rinderpest Outbreak: “The cattle of the second kaffir had been obtained…”
Every English word from Xhosa lobola
Today it means
noun The bride price among certain Bantu peoples of South Africa.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Xhosa lobola / lobola