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Is lobola a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lobola is a Scrabble US word. The word lobola is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is lobola a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lobola is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

L1O1B3O1L1A1

Is lobola a Words With Friends word?

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6-letter words (1 found)

LOBOLA,

5-letter words (1 found)

BALOO,

4-letter words (9 found)

ALOO,BALL,BOLA,BOLL,BOLO,BOOL,LOBO,OBOL,OLLA,

3-letter words (12 found)

ABO,ALB,ALL,BAL,BAO,BOA,BOO,LAB,LOB,LOO,OBA,OBO,

2-letter words (8 found)

AB,AL,BA,BO,LA,LO,OB,OO,

You can make 31 words from lobola according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lobola

lobola

Etymology

From Xhosa lobola, Zulu lobola (“pay dowry”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈləʊbələ/

Noun

lobola (countable and uncountable, plural lobolas)

  1. (South Africa) The bride price among certain Bantu peoples of South Africa.

Translations

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Pronunciation

Noun

lobola

  1. Alternative spelling of lobôla

Zulu

Etymology

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Verb

-lobóla

  1. (intransitive) to pay the bride price

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ilobolo

References

  • C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “loɓola”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “loɓola (3.2.9)”

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