Monday, February 12, 2007

Glossary

What does Ulysses say? Here's a glossary, in approximate reverse order of development. That is, the higher up on a list the word appears, the more recently it's appeared.

Word                          Translation (as needed)
/First appearance

Feb 07

cake                 
         frosting, sweet treats

nana
                         any food on a stick
                                 (extension of "ice cream" meaning)

mamo
                          mambo

cold

geghh
                        pig

bowl

ho-tch
                       hot

cake

ha-tch
                       hat

Eh...eh-cue!
                  Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!

(siren wailing)

(airplane motor humming)

us-sai down
                  upside down

(vacuum cleaner humming)


Jan 07

Mac
                          Max (from kid show Max & Ruby)

Buh-tch
                      Buzz (Lightyear)

ko-ket
                       chocolate

ee-MOKE
                      remote control

nana
                         ice cream (replaced "neen")

shoe

I you!
                       I see you!

No go!
                       Don't go!

moo
                          cow mooing (replaced "moo-ah")

(duck quacking)

(horse whinnying)


Dec 06

booo-k
                       book

cheeza
                       pizza

cheee
                        cheese

Eh! Keekee!
                  ?????

neen, I neen
                  ice cream

nana
                         banana

buh-bol
                      bubble

you're welcome

abble
                        apple

akuka
                        yabuka (Serb. "apple")

moo-ah
                       cow mooing

Help! Me help!
               Help me!


Nov 06

Mama

boo-boo
                      any spot that got hurt

fish, shish
                  fish

Here go
                      Here you go


Sometime 06

choo-choo

(Train on tracks: "chika-chicka-chicka...")

(tickling: "ticka-ticka-ticka-ticka...:")

Po! Po! Po! Poke! Poke! Poke!

(during poke and tickle play)

All gone (replaced "ah gum")

All done

Ook! Atah! Look! (?????)

cookie

Yay!

ah-tah
                       hot dog

How do? How do you do?

doll

hello

(blowing)
                    hot, fire, candles

Ta too!
                      Thank you

omomo
                        ajdemo (Serb. "let's go")

akika
                        patika (Serb. "slippers")

(cat meowing)

(mouse squeaking)

(fish saying "blub-blub-blub")

(dinosaur and big cat roar)

Eh, teh, go!
                  Ready, set, go!

Go!


Sometime 05

Oh, no!

dai-dai
                       bye-bye

ook! look

ah gum
                        all gone

uh-oh

(blowing)
                     too hot to eat

Dada

no
                             (replaced "note")

note no

cracker

1 comment:

  1. by Cat on Mon 12 Feb 2007 04:01 PM CST

    This is great Vesna! Reminds me of when my nephew. I still distinctly remember him saying "gor-gidge" for "garbage".

    Moved from original blog.

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