Taken from Facebook Group : Chitrapur Saraswats :How many let's see : contributions from Gopalkrishna Bhat,Sadanand Mankikar,Avanti Nadkarni - Mavinkurve,shobha Bhat Gangolli,Jnanesh Chandavarkar,Vijayanand Hattangady,Ravi Gokarn and others.
Friends how about Baby talk .Lets go back to our childhood & put them all together.Rightly said oldage is second childhood.
आमु lovingly call a girl child
गोनी lovingly call a pretty baby girl
गोनो lovingly call a boy child
धिन्ड़ो a naughty boy
धिंडी a naughty girl
मुम्न्तू a good boy
मुम्न्ति a good girl
मम्मम a meal or food
दैया God
माम्णि wife
चीची / शीशी faeces
पुलु urine
भाम्बा gold/ornament
गायु बुचा calf
नुनु milk
बिकी biscuit
गोडी sweet dish
घोंगो ghost
बुसु bath
पापा going out
चांटी चांटी walky walky
ननी cry
गुगुली chubby
फाफा dress/frock
फुपा flower
कोक्को Meal/Food
पंकू Blanket
बिल्लू a cat
हब्बा to frighten
पिपिट peppermint
तेत्ति oil बा to hit
हब्बा to frighten
नलु to cry
पेपे going out
गुप्चाक्का a sparrow
सामी , दैया सामी Swami
पाम्पा namaskar
घुम्मा scarecrow
अम्बा बुच्ची cow
बो बो dog
केक्कें banana
पिम्प्ली nose as in pimpli sukli - dry nose
पुम्पुर्ड़े small baby
चांटी चप्पति baby steps
अट्टी भोब्बो idli
कायली भोभो dosa
ताता / ताती sleep
नन्नी cry
नन्नी कोर्नाका don't cry
पप्पी /उम्मो kiss
Konkani Baby Talk Cootchy Coo
Baby Talk Cootchey coo away into little hearts and minds[]
By Vanita Kumta on Friday, December 6, 2013 at 1:09pm
Friends we started this way back in 2012 & since it has grown,thanks to additions,contributions from so many members of the group.
Special thanks to Dev Nadkarni for giving us all this platform,Gopalkrishna Bhat mam a veritable encyclopedia Konkani,Kumud Nayel pachi for her endearing ways,Shyamala Nawaab for her enthusiasm and so many others.But most of all to all of you out there in the group who have interacted.It would be lovely to see this grow.
Thank you Divya Suresh,Sheela Sawant,Neeta Shirali,sheela Hattangady,Niranjan Badakere,Bharat Heble for your contributions too.
Baby Talk Cootchey coo away into little hearts and minds.
By Vanita Kumta on Thursday, January 26,2012 at 4:55pm
Friends how about Babytalk. Lets go back to our childhood & put them all together. Rightly saidoldage is second childhood.
आमु Ammu lovingly call a girl child
गोनी Gonni lovingly call a pretty baby girl
गोनो Gonno lovingly call a boy child
दिन्डो Dindo a naughty boy
दिंडी Dindi a naughty girl
मुम्न्तू Mummantu a good boy
मुम्न्ति Mummanti a good girl
मम्मम Mammam a meal or food
ताती Ninni sleep
चीची / शीशी Chichi faeces
पुलु pUlloo urine
भाम्बा Bhambha gold/ornament
गायु बुचा Buccha calf
नुनुDudhoo milk
बिकी Bikki biscuit
गोडी Goddii sweet dish
फाफा Phappha dress/frock
फुपा Phupha flower
कोक्कोCocko Meal/Food
पंकू Panku Blanket
बिल्लू Billu a cat
हब्बा Habba to frighten
नलु Nannito cry
पेपे Pappa going out
गुप्चाक्का a sparrow
सामी , दैया सामी Daya Swami
पाम्पा Pampa namaskar
घुम्मा Ghummascarecrow
अम्बा बुच्चीGayyu Ambaacow
बो बो Kuttu booboo dog
केक्कें Kekkenbanana
पिम्प्लीPimpli nose as in pimpli sukli - dry nose
पुम्पुर्ड़े Pumpurdesmall baby
चांटी चप्पति Chati champati baby steps
अट्टी भोब्बो Iddibhobo idli
कायली भोभो Kaylibhobhodosa
ताता ताती Tati Tata sleep
नन्नी nannicry
नन्नी कोर्नाकाNanni kornaka don't cry
पप्पी /उम्मो Umma papp kiss
पिपिट Pipit peppermint
तेत्ति Tetti oil
बा Baa to hit
Present compilation
चम्पुन चम्पुन छान्टि पाय्या आईली वान्टि... A doc for baby talk
- * for family specials
- घोन्ग्हो Ghongo – Fearsome entity
- पाम्पा Paampa – pray
- मामामू Mammamu- snack
- पेपे वोचेन Peppe voche.n - going out (bhovncha voche.n)
- ताति Taati - sleep
- गोड्डि GoDDi - sweet
- दया dayya- dev
- भाम्भा bhamba- ornaments
- पापपा phappa-dress
- पुपा puppa-flowers
- दुधू duddu - milk
- हाम्बा hambaa - cow (hambba is a Sanskrit word)
- बोबोवू bobbovu - dog
- मियान्वू Miyaanvu - cat
- हात अ तात अ करी **haat.a taat.a kari - sambayi
- बुची bucchi - calf
- काक्को kaacko- crow
- पं पं pam-pam-car
- कोक्को Kocko – Food
- केकी kekki-banana
- ऎ ee - to brush
- बुषा busha - to bathe
- तीत्तो titto - tilo/ bindi
- ड्मारा ~ ट्क **damara~tak - weddings (for d vajap)
- चानटी चामपाटी chaanti~champati - to walk
- तट्टम पिटी पिटी **- tattam piti पिती when applying oil on the head we would say!
- वि वि कोर्यान **- wee wee koryan for brushing teeth
- दा ** da - short for Udaak/ water
- जो जो Jo-jo for sambhayi,
- चीक्पुक Chikpuk lights
- सामी दया पाम्पा करी Sami dayak Pampa kari/ Pray to god
- बु झाले वे Boo zale ve- did u get hurt
- उबी करी ubi kari- stand up
- ननी कोर्न्का nani kornaka- dont cry
- ओकू माम्माम oku mamam for medicines
- कुचू कुचू करी Kutchoo - kutchoo karee : gargle
- जिब्लि - tongue
- नांकी - nose
- तोंडी - mouth
- बिक्कि - biscuit
- मुमन्थि बुबन्थि muumanthe...or... bubanthe for bhudhivanthe used to encourage diligence
- कुक्कुल माज्जल Kukkul Majjal(cat)
- कूटलाली वता Cootelali Vattat - scootrari ride
- हेन काअल नहीं हेन कुटल, हेन गड गड जाता "Heyn Caal Nahin, Heyn Cootala, Heyn Gada-Gada Jatta" - After a bumpy ride in the car which had seen better days
- डकाक डकाक डकाक dakkak~dakkaka~dakkak - bouncing on a speed breaker
- आ हम करी aah-hum-kari - for eat ths (also "aa ammu")
- हून जाता वे uhn zaata weh? for potty zatta veh (also haggi/ she/chi chi)
- सुसु / मुती sussu - pee/ urine (also mutti)
- हुगो खाव्यान ** 'Hoogu Khavyan' = To have Kani or Bolu (baby food).
- तेती लाव्नू बुसू कोर्यान ** 'Tethi Lavnoon Bushu Koryan' = Oil bath.
- तोटू बाटी जाई ** 'Tottu Batti Zaayee'? = U want bottle (milk)?
- थुय्या करी ** 'Thuyya Karee' = tell the tot to pass urine.
- जो जो जोई Jo~Jo or Joyi~joyi - to rock to स्लीप , जोई जोई जोई आम्मू खाता सोयी - lullaby
- जीज्जी शिशी 'Jiji' = Udkaade or anything dirty. (also chi~chi)
- काक्या कुडान्तु / कुड ** 'Kakya Koodanthu/Kooda' = Dark Room.