We know. Please don't cause fight with this one again.

Its actually Jaguar.

Nonsense ...

First of all in spite of combined battalions and local vigilantes in northern Nigeria, especially the north East, the security situations keep on collapsing.

I think the Amotekum won't survive for just one reason alone.

permitting Amotekum to stay means coded restructuring to We northerners and we sense it as threats to Nigeria and without out knowledge,if the West insisted of not abolish their ideas of Amotekum, wenortherners might cut them off in terms of access for funding.Amotekun in its formation isn't different from IPOB's BSS, only that IPOB is not an elected representative of the people,

Amotekun means Armored Telekinetic Tiger

Amo - Armored
T - Telekinetic
Ekun - Tiger

In layman terms - The fortified juju warrior

Demzlent:



You are wrong mister,how could olden days Yorubas have a name for something they never know,ogidan is oriki for ekun
Ekun is respected not for its size but for its boldness and courage. I will even try and get the oriki ekun and post it here, you will see that it refers to leopard seeing its description

Ekun - leopard

Amotekun - cheetah
Owawa - lynx

'Amo' in the amotekun does not mean 'know' it means 'almost like'
So the name translates 'almost like leopard'. Which could be rendered leopard look alike

ekun is Tiger mr....think na,
Why would they refer to someone dangerous as Ekun if Ekun is a mere leopard and Tiger is something else..is leopard stronger than a Tiger?

Demzlent:



You are wrong mister,how could olden days Yorubas have a name for something they never know,ogidan is oriki for ekun
Ekun is respected not for its size but for its boldness and courage. I will even try and get the oriki ekun and post it here, you will see that it refers to leopard seeing its description

Ekun - leopard
Amotekun - cheetah
Owawa - lynx

'Amo' in the amotekun does not mean 'know' it means 'almost like'
So the name translates 'almost like leopard'. Which could be rendered leopard look alike

What is tiger

Generalissimo75:
You have a point ...But for now, Amotekun is whatever the elders say it is.

Lol!

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Demzlent:
The launching of operation amotekun has exposed the fact that we yorubas are losing touch with our language to the extent that our leaders are calling leopard amotekun.
So I am taking this opportunity to educate my fellow yorubas
Many of us believe that tiger is ekun, leopard is amotekun,this is wrong.
Tiger is an animal that is not found in africa,Yoruba land included,so our fore fathers did not come in contact with it,so they couldn't have given a name to it.
The correct translation is
Leopard - ekun
Cheetah - amotekun
Amotekun means like 'ekun' because if you look at leopard and cheetah,they look alike only that leopard is bigger. Tiger doesn't look like these two , it has stripes not spots like the two
There is a Yoruba proverb that says ''asunkun pani bi amotekun' this is because of the stripes below the eyes of the cheetah
Thanks

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BuhariLooter:
First of all in spite of combined battalions and local vigilantes in northern Nigeria, especially the north East, the security situations keep on collapsing.

I think the Amotekum won't survive for just one reason alone.

permitting Amotekum to stay means coded restructuring to the northerners and they sense it as threats to their strategy and without their knowledge,if the West insisted of not abolish their ideas of Amotekum, the northerners might cut them off in terms of access for funding.Amotekun in its formation isn't different from IPOB's BSS, only that IPOB is not an elected representative of the people,

Ipob goals is different from Amotekun. They do not share the same vision. Ipob wants it's own country but Amotekun is all about protecting the Yorubas

Jangan-Jangan ekeji ekun

Venerable612:


This is wrong.

First off the name Amotekun has nothing to do physical semblance as such.

It literally translates - “one who knows as Ekun”.

Again, you are wrong that Yoruba doesn’t have a transalation for Tiger - because our fathers didn’t have an encounter with them.

In fact Tiger has two Yoruba names. It could be called OGIDAN or EKUN. That’s why they say this provide - “Ogidan o ni se Barber, ki aja de be lo ge irun”.

And “KAKA KI KINIUN SAKAPO EKUN, OLODE A MAA RODE.“ Mind you Lion in Yoruba is Kiniun. And no one will ever compare a Lion with a Leopard. No animal can stand the Lion grit for grit amongst the Cat Family other than the Tiger; hence, the comparison.

Also, when Yorubas jokingly refer to someone as Ekun - it’s to represent that the person is a Strong man.

Thus,

Lion - Kiniun
Tiger - Ogidan and Ekun
Leopard - Amotekun
Cheetah - Owawa.

Hope this helps.

God Bless You!!!

You are 100% Yoruba!!! So Explanatory!

This is Afonja V Alfonja, all Abokis and Igbos should give way

Leopard and cheetah are called amotekun
Tiger is Ekun

It means Jaguar

It means Jaguar

Okay

WRONG, in capital letters! Amotekun means the Tiger.

nlPoster:
The OP is correct.

The only exception would be if Yorubas had actually encountered tigers and thus described them in the language.

Amotekun could also be panther (dictionary meaning).

@op is absolutely and terribly wrong!

Amotekun is Leopard.... The king of camouflage.

Venerable612:


This is wrong.

First off the name Amotekun has nothing to do physical semblance as such.

It literally translates - “one who knows as Ekun”.

Again, you are wrong that Yoruba doesn’t have a transalation for Tiger - because our fathers didn’t have an encounter with them.

In fact Tiger has two Yoruba names. It could be called OGIDAN or EKUN. That’s why they say this provide - “Ogidan o ni se Barber, ki aja de be lo ge irun”.

And “KAKA KI KINIUN SAKAPO EKUN, OLODE A MAA RODE.“ Mind you Lion in Yoruba is Kiniun. And no one will ever compare a Lion with a Leopard. No animal can stand the Lion grit for grit amongst the Cat Family other than the Tiger; hence, the comparison.

Also, when Yorubas jokingly refer to someone as Ekun - it’s to represent that the person is a Strong man.

Thus,

Lion - Kiniun
Tiger - Ogidan and Ekun
Leopard - Amotekun
Cheetah - Owawa.

Hope this helps.

Awwwn, thank you for this.

So operation amotekun is operation temple run.
They want to give some people temple run lol.
I too get Sense Sha.
The Cheetah has reputation for giving the prey a hot chase.
Am proud of the southwest leaders.
Our own governor's have sold themselves to the caliphate but our rallying points would be ipob and massob.

Thanks op, even though I din't know Amotekun is cheetah before now, all we are saying is, Amotekun has come to stay even if it is rat. Let those panicking Fulani go and die.

Foolish write up.... Amotekun means... Leopard not cheetah punkass......... Ekun is what they mean.... Amotekun is just like holding someone for Leopard.

Whichever name is fine by me...


But I always thought lion - kiniun
Tiger- Ekun

Demzlent:
The launching of operation amotekun has exposed the fact that we yorubas are losing touch with our language to the extent that our leaders are calling leopard amotekun.
So I am taking this opportunity to educate my fellow yorubas
Many of us believe that tiger is ekun, leopard is amotekun,this is wrong.
Tiger is an animal that is not found in africa,Yoruba land included,so our fore fathers did not come in contact with it,so they couldn't have given a name to it.
The correct translation is
Leopard - ekun
Cheetah - amotekun
Amotekun means like 'ekun' because if you look at leopard and cheetah,they look alike only that leopard is bigger. Tiger doesn't look like these two , it has stripes not spots like the two
There is a Yoruba proverb that says ''asunkun pani bi amotekun' this is because of the stripes below the eyes of the cheetah
Thanks

Abey we no dey Yoruba class here.

Zeinymira:
I always believe that tiger is called ekun. Thanks for the clarification.

Amotekun is here to stay whether those in the North likes it or not.

Tiger is Ekun

Op is wrong!

What's this shi.t doing on front page and what's the usefulness of it's name to us?

Fvck these Nairaland mods for forcing shi.ts on our throat as if we all care about Yoruba language.

Zenithpeak:



@op is absolutely and terribly wrong!

Amotekun is Leopard.... The king of camouflage.

WRONG! The Leopard is Ekun.
Amotekun is the Tiger.

GeneralPula:



Tiger is Ekun

Op is wrong!

Seen that and I have corrected it. You can unquote me

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