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===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1542
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 336
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 906
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
#Person wey be [[oga]] or wey dey give traditional title.
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# Title wey de dey give person wey dey make am get level pass oder people for community.
#:*{{ux|dv|Dem don put am for '''chief'''. |(Egbokhare_2021, He has been installed as a chief.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Dem don put am for '''chief'''. |(Egbokhare_2021, He has been installed as chief.)}}
#:*{{ux|dv|E no know sey one '''chief''' dey inside dat place dey guard di place. |(IBA_04_Alaska-Pepe_MG__216, He was not aware there a chief on guard there.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|E no know sey one '''chief''' dey inside dat place dey guard di place. |(IBA_04_Alaska-Pepe_MG__216, He was not aware there a chief on guard there.)}}
#:*{{ux|dv|Na '''chief''' of general staff Hulusi Akar lead dem waka come. |(bbc__11030, The Chief of general staff Hulusi Akar led the group.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|According to di '''chief''', di king of di community dey visit dis sacred place of di mountain once a year. |(BBC__11852, The traditional chief said the monarch of the community visits the sacred place in the mountain annually.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|According to di '''chief''', di king of di community dey visit dis sacred place of di mountain once a year. |(bbc__11852, The traditional chief said the monarch visits the sacred place in the mountain annually.)}}
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# Na name wey de dey use [[hail]] person to give am respect or praise am.
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#:*{{ux|dv| Gaga, di Gaga, you na '''chief''' na,  di [[talknado]], abeg do someting. |(Gaga, the Gaga, you are a '''chief''' you know, a man of his words, please give me some money.)}}
====Related forms====
 
* [[chief priest]]
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* [[commander]]
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* [[bros]], [[baba]], [[chairman]]
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* commander
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''chief''
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* English: ''chief''
 
 
===Noun (Appelative/Vocative)===
 
Na name wey de dey use [[hail]] person to give am respect or praise am.
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Chief''' Engineer Reuben, |(NST_cleaned__31263, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Chief''' Brando Omu '''Chief''' Brando Omu |(bbc__25290, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Related forms====
 
* [[chief priest]]
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[commander]]
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English:  mostly used for traditionalists (council of chiefs)
 

Latest revision as of 20:47, 3 May 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: English chief

Pronunciation

  • tʃîf

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Noun

  1. Title wey de dey give person wey dey make am get level pass oder people for community.
    • Dem don put am for chief.  — (Egbokhare_2021, He has been installed as chief.)
    • E no know sey one chief dey inside dat place dey guard di place.  — (IBA_04_Alaska-Pepe_MG__216, He was not aware there a chief on guard there.)
    • According to di chief, di king of di community dey visit dis sacred place of di mountain once a year.  — (BBC__11852, The traditional chief said the monarch of the community visits the sacred place in the mountain annually.)
  2. Na name wey de dey use hail person to give am respect or praise am.
    • Gaga, di Gaga, you na chief na, di talknado, abeg do someting.  — (Gaga, the Gaga, you are a chief you know, a man of his words, please give me some money.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: chief