obolo

Luhya (Tachoni): omfwora (tree), emifwora (fruit) Luo: obolo, nyabolo Mbeere: mukumuti, mumuu Sabaot: marungiyandet

Chapter 7 1999

_ -- I am informed by my son, who goeth to a Latin school, that _Snob_ (which is a word he often useth) cometh of two Latin words; to wit, "_sine obolo_" -- as who should say, "one that hath not a cross to bless himself."

Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850 Various

In procefs of time these uprights would be formed by the chisel to the beautiful taper of the smooth barked tree, the imposts. would be channelled and grooved, to cast deep and distinctive fhadows, and last of all, the obolo, and other members of the (haft and capital, would be superadded.

The Bee, or, Literary weekly intelligencer [microform] : consisting of original pieces and selections from performances of merit, foreign and domestic : a work calculated to disseminate useful knowledge among all ranks of people at a small expense 1792