Meaning of cattlewealth | Babel Free

Definitions

Wealth measured in the number of cattle owned.

uncountable

Examples

“The cattlewealth seems to be related partly to the amount of land possessed by the groups and partly to their respective emphasis on the types of economy.”

“Since everything, therefore, depends on the groom’s cattlewealth (meaning by this both the animals he actually possesses and those he can obtain from relatives and friends), it follows that actual bridewealth payments vary in amount.”

“To Dinka youth, cattlewealth has an aesthetic significance far above its material value.”

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