[marie2005]

Kimberly has been home about 5 weeks now. She has repeatedly used a word that we would dearly love to know the meaning of.

I will give it phonetically:

moo-som-bay

I know it isn't directly a Spanish word - tried to look it up and talked to Spanish speakers, unless the pronunciation is way off. I've tried to get her to say it to a Spanish speaker, and she won't. (I think it sounds like a Japanese food or something :-)

But she frequently uses this word and gets very sad. She's clearly asking for something. Sometimes, we've been in the kitchen at the time, so I wonder if it's a food, but she has also used it in many other situations.

I'm wondering if it was a brand of something in Guatemala, a pet name, or something we just won't be able to translate.

[kimy]

Maybe it's someone that she is missing.. Is there anyway to contact the Foster Family?? Could be a toy too.

I hope you figure it out,
Kim

[brinawynne]

I can't help, but I wanted to bump this back to the top for you. Good Luck!

[foxl]

Or it could be a made-up word ... don't be surprised if it IS! My nephew called everyone Kunana when he was two. Never did figure out what it meant!

[vangrad]

I think it's likely really 2 words. Especially if she is putting the emphasis on the 1st syllable. The 2nd word is likely "me" which means "me" - so something me, like feed me, kiss me, hold me, pick me up, etc. Does she have any one gesture that she routinely uses when she says this word or words?

[avoel]

Jennifer may definitely be on to something. Help me or Ayudenme comes to mind too. Listening to my own 3 year old pronounce the Spanish words she learns watching Dora, I would be really hard pressed to figure out what she was saying if I wasn't right there watching it with her too!

[linda512]

Sort of far out from what you typed- but maybe muestrame- show me?

[PattyR]

Okay, my Spanish is bad, but could she possibly be saying "muy hambre." Which would be "very hungry" .

Patty

[CGM]

thinking the same thing as Patty ~ especially if it is always in the kitchen!

[didda]

is it dark in your kitchen?

muy sombre?