chairmo

Naija

Alternative forms

• chairman 0.91 578, director-general 0.84 49, yakubu 0.84 143, secretary 0.82 462, chairmen 0.79 21, hon 0.79 58, tok-tok-person 0.78 27, mahmood 0.77 27, adams 0.77 79

Etymology

Borrowed from English chairmo

Pronunciation

• tʃɛ́màn

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2311
• Frequency in raw corpus: 117
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1882

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

chairmo: generic form (for a male leader): marks prestige, seniority or richness, chair of an organization. -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Chairman give use money.  — (The leader gave us money.)

2. det-nmod (frequency:16)

   Di chairmo of di organisation Prof.  — (bbc__23948, __no translation__)

   De say, di chairmo of di national association of agro-dealers of Nigeria, Mr.  — (ja102__934, __no translation__)

3. amod-det-nmod (frequency:12)

   Di national chairmo of di party, Dr.  — (ja102__1456, __no translation__)

   Na di south-west chairmo of di union, Mr.  — (ja102__1936, __no translation__)

4. compound-nmod (frequency:9)

   PDP chairmo for Kano Rabiu Bichi  — (bbc__79961, __no translation__)

   PDP chairmo for Kano Engr Rabiu Bichi wey also speak to BBC tok say wetin happun dey very unfortunate.  — (bbc__79960, __no translation__)

5. nmod (frequency:7)

   E dey really reduce wetin climate change fit cause, according to Prof Jim Skea, wey br chairmo of IPCC.  — (bbc__1500, __no translation__)

   Abdullahi Gunduwawa wey be Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital chairmo for di operations tell BBC Pidgin say dem don successfully operate some pipo.  — (bbc__11027, __no translation__)

6. det (frequency:4)

   Di chairmo say dem wan start to dey export maize to oda countries within a short time.  — (bbc__33517, __no translation__)

   Di chairmo add say out of 12.5 million motor only about 4.5 million na im dey register for dia database.  — (bbc__48585, __no translation__)

7. compound-det (frequency:4)

   Justice Stephen Pam bin don give order say make di INEC chairmo tok why dem no suppose cari am go prison onto accuse say im disobey court order.  — (bbc__31299, __no translation__)

   Di INEC chairmo add say dem don invite political parties and oda stakeholders to come count all di materials and confam say notin dey miss before dem begin distribute di dem again from Wednesday.  — (bbc__31536, __no translation__)

8. appos (frequency:2)

   EFCC Mohammed Rabo, Lagos Zonal Head of EFCC na im speak on behalf of di commission acting chairmo, Ibrahim Magu  — (bbc__45866, __no translation__)

   The b4 b4 defender say the association happy with wetin chairmo and the general manager of Rangers, Prince Davidson Owumi don achieve for the club with im contribution.  — (brila__1705, __no translation__)

9. cc-nmod (frequency:2)

   Na di CEO and chairmo of, di Joint Stock Company Russian Railway, Mr.  — (ja102__3437, __no translation__)

   Amina Zakari don also become chairmo of Inter-Party Advisory Council of INEC and chairmo of the INEC Planning Monitoring and Strategy Committee effective November 2014.  — (bbc__14780, __no translation__)

10. cc-det-nmod (frequency:2)

    Other governor-dem wey follo show face bi, David Umahi of Ebonyi state, Simon Lalong, of Plateau state and di chairmo of di Nigeria governors forum, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state.  — (ja102__4025, __no translation__)

    Dis statement dey come just one week afta di Minister of Budget and National Planning Ministry, Udo Udoma and di chairmo of di Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler announce say goment dey plan to increase Value Added Tax to raise funds for di new minimum wage wey goment increase from N18,000 to N30,000.  — (bbc__42650, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• chairman 0.91 578, director-general 0.84 49, yakubu 0.84 143, secretary 0.82 462, chairmen 0.79 21, hon 0.79 58, tok-tok-person 0.78 27, mahmood 0.77 27, adams 0.77 79

Antonymes

• chairman 0.91 578, director-general 0.84 49, yakubu 0.84 143, secretary 0.82 462, chairmen 0.79 21, hon 0.79 58, tok-tok-person 0.78 27, mahmood 0.77 27, adams 0.77 79

Translations

• English: generic form (for a male leader): marks prestige, seniority or richness, chair of an organization.