Difference between revisions of "chief"

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* English: ''chief''
 
* English: ''chief''
  
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===Noun (Appellative/Vocative)===
 
Na name wey de dey use [[hail]] person to give am respect or praise am.
 
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__)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|'''Chief''' Engineer Reuben, |(NST_cleaned__31263, __no translation__)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Chief''' Brando Omu '''Chief''' Brando Omu |(bbc__25290, __no translation__)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|'''Chief''' Brando Omu '''Chief''' Brando Omu |(bbc__25290, )}}
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:*{{ux|dv|'''Chief''' Gaga na di [[talknadu]] of our place o! |(NSC_Abonyi_2021, Chief Gaga is a man of his words in our community.)}}
  
 
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Revision as of 12:53, 21 January 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English chief

Pronunciation

  • tʃîf

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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

Person wey be oga or wey dey give traditional title.

  • 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.)
  • Na chief of general staff Hulusi Akar lead dem waka come.  — (bbc__11030, The Chief of general staff Hulusi Akar led the group.)
  • 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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Translations

  • English: chief

Noun (Appellative/Vocative)

Na name wey de dey use hail person to give am respect or praise am.

  • Chief Engineer Reuben,  — (NST_cleaned__31263, __no translation__)
  • Chief Brando Omu Chief Brando Omu  — (bbc__25290, )
  • Chief Gaga na di talknadu of our place o!  — (NSC_Abonyi_2021, Chief Gaga is a man of his words in our community.)

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Translations

  • English: mostly used for traditionalists (council of chiefs)