Bundjalung Dictionary

Word List

Bundjalung	English	Category	Dialect
babi	ablaze	food	Middle Clarence		[more]
babar	above ; up there ; top ; up ; upwards ; north ; over there ; sky	location	Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
balgabari	Albert River, dialect group ; Albert River, specific place on	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
banang	all ; mob	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bagindji	almost ; nearly		Middle Clarence		[more]
bargal bahndi-	angry, to be very	senses	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bagundah	ant (? general)	insect	Middle Clarence		[more]
bahmgan	ant hill ; ant nest	insect	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bahnbinyma-	arouse		Middle Clarence		[more]
bahndi-	arrive		Middle Clarence		[more]
bahn-, bahna-, bahn.ga-, bahrwa-, baya-, barga	arrive ; arise ; rise ; get up ; happen ; appear ; come out ; stand up ; emerge		Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bamay yanbay	Australian Pipit ; Ground Lark	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
banyahr-djang	bad, very		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bagul	Bagulni	location	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
banggawalban	Bangawalbin Creek ; Bangawalbin River	natural_environment	Lower Richmond		[more]
baramba	Baramba Creek ; Cherbourg (Qld)	location	Lower Richmond		[more]
bargul	bark	plant	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bangba-	bark (of dog)	animal	Lower Richmond		[more]
bagul	bark (of tree) (Gd) ; canoe ; boat	artifact	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs		[more]
barul, baruh	bark of tree (?)	plant	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bamrabah(?)	bay	natural_environment	Lower Richmond		[more]
baygalwan-	become a man		Middle Clarence		[more]
bahbany-bahbany	beetles and cockroaches, some varieties of (Gd) ; cockroaches and beetles, some varieties of (Gd) ; beetle, species of (Wa)	insect	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bale	beneath ; lower surface	location	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
balun-balun (bulun-buluhn?)	berry	plant	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bagar	beyond	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bagar-djang	beyond		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
baralany	big (?)		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bawyam	black scrub goanna ; goanna, black scrub	reptile	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
baleh	bladder	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
balany	blind	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bangba(h)-	block ; stand in the way of (Gd) ; fend off		Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
badjil, badjul	blood	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bambi- (?)	blow		All		[more]
balaba-	blow ; blow at ; blow on		Middle Clarence		[more]
baluba-, baluma-	blow cool ; blow out ; extinguish ; put out (fire)	food	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
baganggah	Boggangar clan	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
barambuhny	bold (very), person	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bang(g)an	bone(?)	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
barung(bah)	boomerang, large (Tw:Bray:Sc)	artifact	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
barung	boomerang, non-returning	artifact	Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bargahn-bur	boomerang, toy	artifact	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bahlu(?)	born	body_part	Lower Richmond		[more]
ban.gahn	born	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
balun, balungay	boy	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bangbang	brain	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
baga-	break		Lower Richmond		[more]
bahga-	break ; smash ; crack		Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bahnybi-	bring ; pick up to bring ; pick up ; take out ; bring up (of wind) ; go (cause to) from inside to outside		Middle Clarence		[more]
bagahn (?)	broad (?)		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
banahm	brother, female's; brother, male's younger	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bam bam	bruise ; swelling	body_part	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bahwa-	build (canoe ; house ; bridge ; etc.)		Middle Clarence		[more]
bawga-	build ; make firm ; fasten permanently ; build (of a house) (Gd)		Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bayagan	bulrushes	plant	Middle Clarence		[more]
bandjalang	Bundjalung language or dialect ; person of Bundjalung speaking group	language	Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence		[more]
bara-, bahra-	burn	food	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
barungbah	Burringbah	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
ban.ga-	burst		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
babar, babara(h)	bush ; country, rough and scrubb ; forest, rough and scrubby	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bagi	bush ; scrub ; jungle	natural_environment	Middle Clarence		[more]
bahm gahng-	butt into conversation		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bandjilam, bandjalahm	butterfly ; moth ; cockroach	insect	Middle Clarence		[more]
bandang	buttocks (N) ; posterior (person???s)	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
bandjam	Cabbage Tree Palm ; Palm, Cabbage Tree	plant	Lower Richmond		[more]
banggam	cabbage tree palm ; palm, cabbage tree	plant	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
barginy	camp	artifact	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
banggi	campsite (old people's) at Geseys Hill ; cemetery and campsite at Geseys Hill	location	Lower Richmond		[more]
bandin	canes ; reeds	plant	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
balahng	Castle Mountain	location	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bamgahbili-	catch		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bamgindjar	cave	natural_environment	Middle Clarence		[more]
bayahr, barahr	centipede	insect	Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bayar-bayahr	centipede	insect	Middle Clarence		[more]
bayir-bayir	centipede	insect	Middle Clarence		[more]
baya-	chase		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
baray-gir	child, youngest of a family	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bagiri-	clear (land)	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
ban.ginbany	Cleveland	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
balireh, biliran	cockatoo, black	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]

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