Difference between revisions of "gateman"

Latest revision as of 12:29, 29 February 2024

From: English gate and man

Person wey im work na to open and close di gate for people and motor wey dem de enter for compound.

I reach im office, im gateman no allow us enter. — (When I got to his/her office, I was denied entry into the premises by the gatekeeper.)
For bigman house, person no dey know who be gateman who be maiguard. — (It is hard to tell the difference between a gatekeeper and a security man in a rich man's house.)
De say de don see woman wey dey do 'gateman. — (Some women are also employed as gatekeepers.)

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 ==Naija==
 ===Etymology===
-Borrowed from English gateman
+From: English ''gate'' and ''man''
 ===Pronunciation===
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 <sm2>Pcm-ng-gateman.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-gateman.m.ogg</sm2>
-===Frequency===
-* Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
-* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3599
-* Frequency in raw corpus: 4
-* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 12492
-The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 ===Noun===
-gateman: gatekeeper -- Definition in Naija?
+*Person wey im work na to open and close di gate for people and [[motor]] wey dem de enter for compound.
+:*{{ux|dv|I reach im office, im '''gateman''' no allow us enter.|(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 know who be '''gateman''' who be [[maiguard]].|(It is hard to tell the difference between a gatekeeper and a security man in a rich man's house.)}}
-# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
+:* {{ux|dv| De say de don see woman wey dey do '''gateman''. |(Some women are also employed as gatekeepers.)}}
-#: {{ux|dv|I reach im office, im '''gateman''' no allow us enter.|no translation}}
+====Related forms====
+* [[gatefee]]
-====Derived forms====
 ====Synonyms====
-*
+* [[maiguard]], [[security]]
-====Antonyms====
-*
 ====Translations====
-* English: gatekeeper
+* English: ''gatekeeper''