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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| bihbi | baby | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gung, gunggan | baby | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| juradjum, yuramgan | baby | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mulbadjin | baby | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wuhm | baby | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yuramgan, yuran.gan | baby | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahdjam | baby ; child | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gugar | baby ; young bird or animal | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jahbu-yahgari | baby, female | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jadjalbu | baby, little | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bihyan(?) | back | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biyun(?) | back | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| giral | back | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| girar | back | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gumbar | back | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gumbah | back (behind?) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| garabul, garbul | back, small of | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| num | back, to go ; return | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wande | backside | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gumu (?) | backside ; buttocks | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jung | bad | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jang | bad ; badly ; sour ; harmful ; no good ; cheeky ; badness ; rubbish | senses | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jahm-djang | bad ; no good | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wahrang | bad ; wicked ; cross | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gurihr | bad news | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yangmal | bad swearing ; swearing, bad | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| jangwan- | bad, be ; bad, become | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| jangwany | bad, something ; something bad ; pain | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| banyahr-djang | bad, very | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| munil | bad-tempered | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jang bawur | bad-tempered ; crazy ; angry ; stubborn | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| behng | bag | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| beyang, behng | bag | artifact | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jili | bag ; rush (reed) used for bag making | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bunbeh, bunbi | bag of split grass | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dugurgan | bag, man's | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyugam, nyugan | bailer shell ; basin ; pot ; billycan ; water container | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| guningma- | bake (bread etc.) | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dawehng | bald | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngong, ngahng | ball game, Bundjalung | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gulgir | bamboo | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gambahn | banded ; striped | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yaguy, yagihl, yawgu, yaguny | bandicoot | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yaguy | bandicoot ; kangaroo rat ; rat, kangaroo | animal | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| durang | bandicoot, Barred ; Barred bandicoot ; bandicoot, small species of | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilang-duwahny | bandicoot, large species of | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilbi | bandicoot, long-nosed | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jurgan(?) | bangalo stick | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wudjamahmbura | bangalow stick | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| mambe | bank (of river) ; edge (of beach) ; beach, edge of ; river, bank of | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bargul | bark | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bigba- | bark (dog) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dun.geh | bark (dry) for kindling ; kindling, dry bark | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wangba- | bark (of dog ; dingo) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bangba- | bark (of dog) | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yung | bark (of dog, dingo) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagul | bark (of tree) (Gd) ; canoe ; boat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| yung ba- | bark ; yelp | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wangbal | bark of dog or dingo | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gundul (gandul?) | bark of tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| barul, baruh | bark of tree (?) | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gundul | bark of tree ; boat ; canoe | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| junggi (jun.geh) | bark, dry | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buluhr | bark, frayed | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buhmbilahr | barren ; useless | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nilguwa- | barter ; trade | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| biling | bat | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarmin | bat | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bilihny | bat (generic) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gaya-djam | bathless | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bamrabah(?) | bay | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gale | bay | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| garuhn | bay | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| garun, garuhn | bay | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jindirah | bay | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| juriyal | bay | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| werwa- | be (Gd) ; become (Gd) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -an.ga-, -angga- | be ; become | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wan-, wana-, wara- | be ; become | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wan.ga- | be ; do | Lower Richmond | [more] |
