Could be an error in translation between wagh and singh.
A leopard would be a bipto wagh. In Goa it was often simply also referred
to as wagh = tiger.
vjp
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Venantius J Pinto
venantius.pi...@gmail.com wrote:
Could be an error in translation between wagh and
I understand the message in this story but I have to point out that there are
no tigers in Africa. This story would have been much more pleasant to read had
the author used a lion, instead of a tiger.
Or maybe, I am missing something?
Mervyn
The Tiger from Africa
The Tiger from Africa
By Soter Barreto
Translated from the Konkani by Augusto Pinto
Alsu pulled out the bit of beedi that was stuck behind his
ear and after carefully wiping it, put it in his mouth.
