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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| bambi- (?) | blow | All | [more] | ||
| bargal bahndi- | angry, to be very | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bamay yanbay | Australian Pipit ; Ground Lark | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagul | Bagulni | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bargul | bark | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barambuhny | bold (very), person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bargahn-bur | boomerang, toy | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bahm gahng- | butt into conversation | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| barginy | camp | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| balahng | Castle Mountain | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| baray-gir | child, youngest of a family | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| balgabari | Albert River, dialect group ; Albert River, specific place on | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bahmgan | ant hill ; ant nest | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| banyahr-djang | bad, very | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| barul, baruh | bark of tree (?) | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [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] | |
| badjil, badjul | blood | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| baganggah | Boggangar clan | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bang(g)an | bone(?) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| barung(bah) | boomerang, large (Tw:Bray:Sc) | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [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] | |
| bagahn (?) | broad (?) | Gold Coast Tweed | [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] | |
| bandin | canes ; reeds | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bamgahbili- | catch | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| baya- | chase | Gold Coast Tweed | [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] | |
| bayahr, barahr | centipede | insect | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bandang | buttocks (N) ; posterior (person???s) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| banggam | cabbage tree palm ; palm, cabbage tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [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] | ||
| baluba-, baluma- | blow cool ; blow out ; extinguish ; put out (fire) | food | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| banahm | brother, female's; brother, male's younger | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagul | bark (of tree) (Gd) ; canoe ; boat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| barung | boomerang, non-returning | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| banggawalban | Bangawalbin Creek ; Bangawalbin River | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| baramba | Baramba Creek ; Cherbourg (Qld) | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bangba- | bark (of dog) | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bamrabah(?) | bay | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bahlu(?) | born | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| baga- | break | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| bandjam | Cabbage Tree Palm ; Palm, Cabbage Tree | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| banggi | campsite (old people's) at Geseys Hill ; cemetery and campsite at Geseys Hill | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bandjalang | Bundjalung language or dialect ; person of Bundjalung speaking group | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| babar | above ; up there ; top ; up ; upwards ; north ; over there ; sky | location | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| babi | ablaze | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| banang | all ; mob | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bagindji | almost ; nearly | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bagundah | ant (? general) | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bahnbinyma- | arouse | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bahndi- | arrive | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| baygalwan- | become a man | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| balaba- | blow ; blow at ; blow on | Middle 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] | ||
| bahwa- | build (canoe ; house ; bridge ; etc.) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bayagan | bulrushes | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bagi | bush ; scrub ; jungle | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bandjilam, bandjalahm | butterfly ; moth ; cockroach | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bamgindjar | cave | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bayar-bayahr | centipede | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bayir-bayir | centipede | insect | 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] | |
| bangba(h)- | block ; stand in the way of (Gd) ; fend off | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bahga- | break ; smash ; crack | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bam bam | bruise ; swelling | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bawga- | build ; make firm ; fasten permanently ; build (of a house) (Gd) | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
