Amber
is a babbler early on. Here are a few words she likes to repeat and
what they mean.| Running Vocabulary |
Amber
is a babbler early on. Here are a few words she likes to repeat and
what they mean.
|
What
she says |
What
she really means |
English
equivalent |
|
ah-tooh |
achoo |
copies
sneezing sound |
| Amber | Amber | Amber |
| ays | her eyes or ice cubes | eyes, ice |
|
baba'
|
bababa |
to
go down |
| baba baba | baa baa black sheep.... | the song, baa baa black sheep |
|
baah
|
belat |
teasing
with gesture |
|
baambi,
bambimbee |
bumblebee |
bumblebee |
|
beeh
|
teddy
bear, bear |
teddy
bear, bear |
|
berber |
Amber |
Amber |
|
bibi,
bibis |
baby
(person), baby dolls, children in general |
baby |
| cut | to cut | to cut |
|
dada,
dadi, dadis |
her
father |
daddy |
|
danda
|
maganda |
beautiful |
|
danke
|
thank
you |
thank
you |
|
dede
|
milk,
her milk bottle |
milk,
feeding bottle |
|
dengdeng
|
pudengdeng |
her
pipi |
|
dengge,
gengge |
panggingging
or palangging (a derivative of 'palanga' - an endearment) |
my
love, my darling, my sweet and all those endearments |
|
deydey
|
Tito
J |
uncle
J |
|
Desi |
her
friend Daisy |
Daisy |
|
digol
digol / tikol tikol |
when
she just wants to imitate someone talking |
|
| Diday | her pacifier to differentiate from dede (milk) she named it herself! | pacifier |
| ears | ears | ears |
|
gangga,
ganggang |
palangga
(Ilonggo endearment meaning, beloved) |
my
love, my darling, my sweet and all those endearments |
|
gur , gu gur |
good
girl or just girl |
girl,
good girl |
|
hinde,
nde |
hindi
|
no |
|
hiya
|
hiya!
|
the
sound in Karate |
|
ish
|
fish |
fish |
|
ka
|
Kuya
Kyle |
older
brother Kyle |
|
ka'
|
cat |
cat |
|
kaaa
|
car |
car |
|
kaka
or kakaka |
quack
quack, quack sounds of a duck, or duck |
quack,
quack or duck |
|
kih
|
Tita
Kit, Tita K |
auntie
Kit or auntie K |
|
kwaakoh
|
crackers,
refers to biscuits, crackers and potato chips |
crackers |
|
jus
|
juice |
juice |
|
hoss |
horse |
horse |
|
mama
|
Mama
Mary |
Jesus’
mother Mary |
|
mami
|
her
mother |
mommy |
|
meeeming
|
uttered
each time she hears the "Three Little Kittens' nursery song to
imitate the sound of a cat/kitten. |
cat,
kitten |
|
pampu, pampers |
Pampers,
nappy |
disposable
diaper |
|
papa
|
Papa
Jesus |
Jesus |
|
papi,
pappees |
dog,
puppy |
puppy |
|
phah
|
elephant |
elephant |
|
pey,
peeh |
pray,
complete with hand gesture |
pray |
|
pipi
|
peep
peep, sound of horn when driving a car |
beep
of a horn |
|
pooo,
poo-poo |
Winnie
the Pooh |
Winnie
the Pooh |
| pretty | referring to herself! (sus vain!) | pretty |
|
puh-pu
‘ |
when
she's 'doing her business' |
the
act of crapping |
|
staaa
|
star |
star |
|
tah
|
socks |
socks |
| teeth | teeth | teeth |
|
tootoo
|
choo-choo
sound of a steam engine train |
choo-choo
train |
|
toohtool
|
turtle |
turtle |
|
uh
oh |
uh
oh, usually uttered when she's done something naughty or not allowed |
uh-oh |
|
wawa
|
kawawa,
usually when she’s crying or hurt |
poor
Amber |
|
wiwi
|
urinate |
urinate |
| wow | wow | wow |
|
yayaya
|
'ang
saya-saya' |
very
jolly or very happy |
|
yoyo |
lolo,
lola |
grandparents |
Now that Amber is 20 months old, she has discovered verbs and is able to join two or three words together to form a sentence. For example she will say, "Amber eating apples." or "Mommy reading book." which is truly amazing. I talk to her in a variety of languages to include: English, Tagalog, Ilonggo, Cebuano, Spanish and Arabic. I hope she will be able to pick up all these languages and become a polyglot.
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