₦airaland Forum

walosky:
These my Afonja brothers can be confusing, disorganized and disoriented like these cables

Venerable612:
And I don’t agree with you that there never was Tigers in Africa.

NoraPibowei:
Thats her husband and they are both married.

AMOTEKUN2023:
Giraffe -Agbanrere

macof:
But Yoruba ancient zoologist were not going around grading animals by who can beat who in a fight

GeoAfrikana:
For long I've wondered how our fathers have a word for tiger knowing fully well that they couldn't have had any encounter with tigers. Tigers aren't found in Africa so how come we have a Yoruba word for it?

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Venerable612:
This is not an argument. They are statements of fact.

And if for the sake of ‘argument’, I concede to your comments; I really don’t understand your logic.

Do you mean the Yorubas can’t have words represent what a Tiger is, because they never encountered them physically?

That’s very illogical considering we use words intelligibly even without having seen or experience them before - for instance, GOD and angels.

And by the way - there are so many proverbs on Ogidan and Ekun in Yoruba. It is highly unlikely that the olden days hunters never experienced a tiger.

hotwax:
Ajanaku was described to be dinosaurs...yet no record of dinosaurs in yoruba land...

pounder on that too

Babalegba:
When it comes to obscure or contentious terms in yoruba language elders can mislead you. For example you have Sho prefixes in yoruba surnames from ogun state so I talked to the elders asking for the meaning,can you imagine some told me it was the same as aje the feminine version of the wizard. Later I found out the Osho is the Orisa oko the deity of farmers.

BabaO2:
a plausible explanation has been given by someone else on the platform.The guy should go and do his PhD research work on amotekun. Elders have spoken already, we don't need over Sabi attention seeking people now.

Debaiz:
This is totally wrong every Yoruba proverb points to the fact that EKUN is Tiger.

Kaka ki kiniun s’akapo EKUN, won a yaa s’ode won loto’to ni

A leopard can never be compared to a lion in any way let alone suggesting having same hunting purse. Lions kill Leopard every time they come in contact. Only a tiger can stand up to a lion.

Yiyo EKUN bi t’ojo ko

Leopard are not known to tiptoe when hunting. They ambush their prey. Either by jumping on them from the top or crouching to the flow and wait. Tigers are known worldwide to be the most sneaky of all the cats. They have the ability to walk on dried leaves without making sound. This is helped by their large meaty and fluffy paws that makes each of the step to be soft.

salford1:
There are no Puma - American native, or Tiger - Asian/Siberia native in Africa.

Babalegba:
The man is actually right: you cannot have a name for what you don't know exists, that is why Yorubas have no name for the polar bear and the Andromeda Galaxy. Yorubas are aware of the lion,the leopard and the cheetah and named them kiniun,ekun and amotekun respectively.also amo in yoruba could mean two things possessing knowledge or similar to.

salford1:
We do not have alligators in Africa. It seems Yoruba aiye ati Jo sometimes mix the names and animals up

Zenithpeak:
@op is absolutely and fantastically right!

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

einsteine:
There are NO tigers in the wild in Africa. It's not just that it is not common. They don't exist. Same reason Yoruba don't have a name for Kangaroo is the same reason they won't have a name for a Tiger.

awwfar:
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?

nlPoster:
I thought they said the risks of this kind of behaviour by the op include hosting marine spirits, mammy water, ghosts, snake-humans, agents of something, people from the evil kingdom, etc.

But male nlers never seem to encounter these scenarios regardless how many times they engage in such. Are the nlers fortified or what?

They even openly boast of it. Very strange.

robosky02:
I have no point and need a job

Heroclitus:
I dey always ask say Shey u study English language for school ni?

robinso01:
LOL,

Charleys:
Don't change the topic, a yoruba man will never eat his wife's food but will rather eat outside in the junction where iya basira cooks.

robinso01:
One still gonna have to start from somewhere

favoryte33:
My friend was sharing what transpired between him&his new boss(a yoruba guy).The boss had casually asked him if he was married in which he answered 'NO'.Immediately,d boss looked him in disgust& adviced him 2 get married asap.my friend is 28years old.