Difference between revisions of "gateman"
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− | + | * Person wey e work for house wey de fence na to dey open and close di gate for people and [[motor]]. | |
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:*{{ux|dv|I reach im office, im '''gateman''' no allow us enter.|(Egbokhare_2021, When I got to his/her office, I was denied entry into the premises by the gatekeeper.)}} | :*{{ux|dv|I reach im office, im '''gateman''' no allow us enter.|(Egbokhare_2021, When I got to his/her office, I was denied entry into the premises by the gatekeeper.)}} | ||
:*{{ux|dv|For [[bigman]] house person no dey who be '''gateman''' who be [[maiguard]].|(NSC_Abonyi_2021, It is hard to tell the difference between a gatekeeper and a security man in a the house of a moneybag.)}} | :*{{ux|dv|For [[bigman]] house person no dey who be '''gateman''' who be [[maiguard]].|(NSC_Abonyi_2021, It is hard to tell the difference between a gatekeeper and a security man in a the house of a moneybag.)}} | ||
+ | :* {{ux|dv| De say de don see woman wey dey do '''gateman''. |(NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, They confirm that women also man the gates.)}} | ||
====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
* [[gatefee]] | * [[gatefee]] | ||
====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
− | * [[maiguard]] | + | * [[maiguard]], [[security]] |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''gatekeeper'' | * English: ''gatekeeper'' |
Revision as of 12:56, 23 February 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: English gate and man
Pronunciation
- gètmân
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3599
- Frequency in raw corpus: 4
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 12492
Noun
- Person wey e work for house wey de fence na to dey open and close di gate for people and motor.
- I reach im office, im gateman no allow us enter. — (Egbokhare_2021, When I got to his/her office, I was denied entry into the premises by the gatekeeper.)
- For bigman house person no dey who be gateman who be maiguard. — (NSC_Abonyi_2021, It is hard to tell the difference between a gatekeeper and a security man in a the house of a moneybag.)
- De say de don see woman wey dey do 'gateman. — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, They confirm that women also man the gates.)
Related forms
Synonyms
Translations
- English: gatekeeper