Welcome to WikiGab. This is a dictionary of words that Gab has learned to say. We try to teach him the proper way to say the words but I guess his tongue is not yet built for the right pronunciation. Instead, he says it with his own dialect.
This is list will be updated from time to time as he learns new words. Words that he can pronounce already like Apple, Dad, Mom, Bread, Bike, Car and Truck are no longer included.
A
Ah-u – dog. Gab is trying to mimic the sound of a dog.
Appu – octopus
Awt – he wants to go outside or go down
Ay-pa – iPad. He wants to play with it.
B
Bab – this means Gab. His own name.
Bah – bath
BAAAAH – Bus. Will be said louder than the bah for bath
Boh – ball
Bot – robot
C
Cheeeh – Cheeze
Chuchu – Train
D
Daah – dark
Der – there
Do – yogurt
Doh – Doc, who is one of our neighbors
F
Fffff… – flower. Or he simply blows
H
He-nit – orange
Hop – bunny or rabbit
J
Ju – juice
M
Maaah – cat. He says this instead of meow.
Mah – poop. From the Ilonggo word “uma”.
Mheh – milk. Usually repeated several times until he gets his milk.
Mmmmm – moon.
Moh – more. Usually accompanied by the baby sign for more.
N
Nana – banana
Ne – snake
O
Onik – orange
P
Patampatampatam – we still don’t know what this means
Papa – papaya
Papu – airplane.
Per – diaper
T
Ter – water
U
Up – stairs or escalator. Can be anything that goes up.
W
Woh-wah – refers to his pop-up book of the Bible character Noah.
Y
Ya – means yaya
June 7, 2012 – first revision, 33 words
hahaha so cute 🙂