Furbish (language)

Not to be confused with Furbish (Furby Fake).

Furbydictionary — The original instructions (left) and dictionary (right) for Furby 1998.

Furbish is the language spoken by all Furbys, Furblings, and Friends of Furby.

The original 1998 Furby and its dictionary contained a total of 42 different Furbish words. Following Furby models introduced a larger vocabulary, from moo-lah (money) to oo-kah (uncle).

Overview

Furbish is formed from a mix of different sounds and syllables.

Although Furbish may seem silly at first, it uses concepts, possibly inspired by many languages - especially Japanese and German. The Furbish word "Doo?" is used in place of a question mark and "Wah!" in place of an exclamation point. "Doo?" is very similar to the Japanese word "ですか?" which is also used in place of a question mark. (Example, Furbish: "Doo-dah oo-nye may-may kah doo?" English (literal): Do you love me?")

A Furby starts off speaking predominantly Furbish, and slowly begins to speak more English/the language of the land over time. This is advertised as "learning to speak your language by talking to me", however a Furby will not learn words you expose to them. For example, a Furby won't start to say the word "pineapple" just because you repeat it to them. A 1998 Furby has four language development stages programmed that it will transition to the longer you interact with the Furby. Emoto-Tronic Furby, 2012 Furby and Furby Boom also work this way. Furby Connect and the 2023 Furby do not have developmental stages.

You can find a speech map for the 1998 Furby here.

All Known Furbish Words

English	Furbish
Above/High/Up	Oo
Affirmative	Ee
Again/Another/More	Koh-koh
All	Ah-lah
And	Koh
Ask	Oh-too-mah
Awesome	Ay-wah
Baby	Bay-bee
Bad	Boo-dah
Be/To be	Boh
Beautiful/Pretty	Ee-kah
Best	Dee-mak
Best fun/Radical	Dee-doo-ay
Big	Dah
Big no/No way	Dah-boo
Big yes	Dah-ee-tay
Birth/Birthday	Tee-toh
Birthday	Toh-toh
Blue	Bah-loo
Boring	Koo-dah-way-loh
Bottle	Bah-bah
By	Bye
Change	Boo-tay
Cloud	Ay-loh-may-lah
Come/Coming	Bye-bye-oo-bah
Complete	Toh
Cool	Koo-lah
Cute	Doh-dee
Dance/Boogie	Noh-lah
Day	Day
Delicious/Tastes good	Yumm-wah
Diamond	Ay-koo
Dizzy	Ay-way
Do	Doo-dah
Dog	Bar-bar
Done	Toh-dye
Down	Nah-bah
Dream	Way-loo
Dude	Dee-doh
Ear	Flop
Face	Kay-tay
Family	Mah-mee-dah
Feed/Food	Ah-tah
Finally	Oo-tah-toh-toh
Friend/Buddy	Noo-lah
Full	Oo-loo
Fun	Doo-ay
Funny	Doo-loo
Game	Doo-ay-loo-lah
Genius	Dah-way
Give	Tah
Go/Get Out/Bye	Bye-bye
Good/Okay	Ee-day
Happy	Noo-loo
Have	Ah-mah
Health/Healthy	Koo-doh
Help	Ah-noo
Hey	Hey
Hide	Who-bye
High	Oo-tah
hmm?/huh?/when?/ where?/yeah?/what?	Doo?
Home/Hut	Lay-lah
Hug	May-lah
Humor/Joke/Play	Loo
Hungry/Eat	Ay-tay
In	Ee-nah
Interrogative	Doo
Island	Koo-wah
Joke	Loo-loo
Just kidding/Not	Kah-loo-loo
Kiss	May-tah
Life/Nature/ Living things	Tee
Light	Ay-loh/A-loh
Lightness	Ay
Like	Toh-loo
Like/Comparative/Similar to	Tay
Listen	Ay-ay-lee-koo
Little/Smallness	Dee
Live	Boh-dah
Log	Tee-loh
Look/See	Ay-ay
Love	May-may
Love it	Dah-may-may
Maybe	May-bee
Me/Mine/Myself/I	Kah
Money	Moo-lah
Monster	Moh-moh
Mountain	Koo-dah
Move	Noh-bah
Music	Ee-kah-lee-koo
Negative/No/Stop	Boo
Noise	Bah-boo
Now	Nee-way
Oh	Oh
Oh my gosh/OMG	Oh-kah-tee
Ok	Oh-kay
Over	Oo-bah
Party/Party time	Dah-no-lah
Path	Bye-way
Pet	Ah-may
Place	Kah-nah
Play	Loo-lay
Please	Doo-moh
Pull	Ah-loo
Rain	Wah/Wah-wee-tee
Receive	Tah-tah
Really?/Seriously	Loo-loo-doo?
Rock (music)	Boo-koo
Rock (nature)	Koo
Sad	Boo-noo-loo
Scared	Dah-boh-bay
Sea	Ee-wah
Shake	Koo-bah
Sing	Wee-tee
Sleep	Way-loh
So	Doh
Song	Wah-tee
Sound	Lee-koo
Stand	Oo-boh
Story	Wee-loo
Sun	Dah-ay-loh
Sweet	Nee-may
Tail	Dee-tee-tah
Talk	Noo-noo
Tell	Wee-tah
Thank	Dah-kah
Thank you	Dah-kah-oo-nye
That's right	Boh-ee-tay
Thinking/Mind	Way
Tickle	Nee-tye
Time	Toh-toh
Touching/Holding	Ah
Tough	Tay-boo-koo
Tree/Jungle	Tee-tah
Twinkle	Tee-wee-lah
Uh-huh	Uh-huh
Uh-oh	Uh-oh
Uh-uh	Uh-uh
Uncle	Oo-kah
Up	Oo-tye
Very	Mee-mee
Wassup?	Doo-oo-tye?
Water/Rain	Wah
Water	Wah-tah
Whoa	Whoa
Wise/Wisely	Way-lah
With	Wye-tah
Wonder	Way-nah
Worried	Boh-bay
Yay	Yay
Yea!/Exclamation!	Wah!
Yes	Ee-tay
Yippee	Yippee
You	Oo-nye/U-nye

There are additional Furbish names that have translated meanings on the Furby Boom Names page.

Basic Official Phrases

Below is a list of phrases used by Furbys in official content as a reference point for speaking some Furbish and composing Furbish sentences.

Furbish	English	Literal translation
Dah doo-ay wah!	Big fun!	Big fun [exclamation]
Kah mee-mee noo-loo	I'm very happy	Me very happy
Kah toh-loo oo-nye	I like you	Me like you
Ay-ay lee-koo	Listen	Look sound
Kah oo-tye nah-bah	I'm upside down!	Me up down
Oo-nye doo?	You what?	You what?
Mama doo?	Where's Mommy?	Mommy where?
Hey, kah boo ay-ay oo-nye	Hey, I don't see you	Hey, me no look you
Wee-tah kah loo-loo	Tell me a joke	Tell me joke
Dah may-may	Love it	Big love
Kah toh-loo ee-kah lee-koo	I like music	Me like pretty sound
Oo-nye boh doo?	How are you?	You be?
Dah-ay-loh oo-tye	Good morning	Big light up
Dah-ay-loh-nah-bah	Good night	Big light down
Wah-wee-tee	Rain	Water-sing
Kah may-may oo-nye	I love you	Me love you
Kah boo koo-doh	I'm not healthy/I don't feel well	Me no health