Tribal behavior means that our criticism and approval of a person's action is not affected by the nature of his action, rather it is affected by our relationship with him: a mistake by somebody from our tribe is considered easy to ignore, but the same mistake by somebody from the opposing tribe is considered actionable.
Shigo da kabilanci yana nufin goyon bayan aikin da wani mutum wanda ya fito daga kabilarmu ko kuma muke da alaka da shi; mu rufe ido kan kuskuren da ya yi, to amma idan wani kuma na wata kabilar ta daban ya yi, sai mu ci gaba da bin diddigin lamarin da kuma neman hukumta shi.