Avoca Male Lions and Their Male Lineage

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(09-27-2024, 07:39 PM)GhostCatP-22 Wrote:

(09-27-2024, 07:24 PM)T_Ferguson Wrote: I replied on this thread asking if this is Mohawk, and then just mildly said how it's interesting that we've been calling him Mohawk for years, and got a totally snotty answer back that this is the Northern Avoca Male and Mohawk is not an official name, so ...

ok... thanks dude!!  hahaha

 Try and ignore the haters or send a personal message asking them to stop being rude. This forum has done a pretty good job of encouraging good debate and sharing of info so I definitely will try to keep it that way.

 There’s someone who gets mad that Nym is now named Nym even tho he’s not Nkuhuma young male anymore. 
Side note on Nym’s name…Nym is Greek for “name” and his no name nick name is his real name now! I love the irony and how well that works…his name means name lol.
 I very much like the names Nym and Khanya. Khanya means “light” in one of the local languages and his missing brother, Dwizhala, means “dark” as in the same language.

The suffix "-nym" is a Greek word that means "name" and is used in many English words. Here are some examples of words that end in "-nym" and their meanings: 

 

The strange thing about NK is that his pride name has atp become his actual name too. For example, with the Avoca male offspring that was born into Nkuhuma Pride, we refer to them as Nkuhuma boys or the Nkuhuma males, whereas we refer to him as just ‘Nkuhuma Male’ (or any other abbreviation) and everyone straight away knows exactly the male we’re speaking about. 

I actually didn’t know that about the meaning of nym and I’m not sure many other ppl used that term for that meaning either, nevertheless I think it’s a cool concept. I agree with the Talamati boys names too, they’re the best names I’ve come across since following lions. Reply