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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| bindji, bindja | after ; behind | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bihbi | baby | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bihyan(?) | back | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biyun(?) | back | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilang-duwahny | bandicoot, large species of | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilbi | bandicoot, long-nosed | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bigba- | bark (dog) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biling | bat | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilihny | bat (generic) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilanggil | because of the inlet from the sea | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biridju | bee, largest species of ; honey from biridju species of bee | insect | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bihn.gin | beetle | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bin.gin-bin.gin | beetle | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bihny | behind | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilambil | Bilambil | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bihrin, birin | bird, any | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| birihn | Birihn, name of Bundjalung dialect spoken around Rappville ; Rappville Bundjalung dialect name | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| birihnbar | Birinburra clan, at head of Nerang River ; Nerang River, Birinburra clan at head of | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigargin | black swan ; swan, black ; magpie goose | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilgan, birgan | blackfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biragan, biligan | blackfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bihbar | book ; letter ; paper ; newspaper | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| binggeh(?) | bowels | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bing(g)ay, muh | bowels | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biriny | burrow (Gd) ; tunnel (Gd) ; crack, a (Wa) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| birman | cave | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| binybar | cedar, white ; white cedar | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bibuhr-an.ga- | charm ; stun | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilibirin, biribirim, bilbiriny | cicada ; locust | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilirgan (bilergan?) | cockatoo, black with yellow tail | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bimbar | comb | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigi | coolamon | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bigargin | cormorant, big and black | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bimbim | crayfish, freshwater ; lobby ; yabby | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bile-bileh | crown of head ; head, crown of | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biyang-biyang | cuckoo, pallid ; pallid cuckoo ; storm-bird | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| binang guny | deaf | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| binangah-djam, binangahmang | deaf ; weak ears ; weak hearing | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bindan | dilly bag of split grass | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| binang wangal | disobedient | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| binang wangal wan- | disobedient, be | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| biyargin | diver, black ; black diver | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigba-, bawgbal | dog's bark ; bark of a dog | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bindim | driftwood in a river ; rubbish | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| binbihnyma- | drop ; let fall | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| binang | ear | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| binang-djam | ear-less ; unheeding ; deaf | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| binang juri- | eavesdrop ; listen eagerly | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bindji, binydji | faeces ; shit | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bin-, bin.ga-, birwa- | fall (of frost) ; form (of frost) ; set (of sun) ; set (of moon) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bihdjidj | fart ; pass wind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bidjang (Wi), biyang (M, Ng) | father | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| biyany | father | people | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| biyul | father | people | All | [more] | |
| biyang | father ; father's brother ; uncle (father???s brother) | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| biyang, bidjang, biyul | father ; father's brother ; uncle (father???s brother) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bidjar | feather | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bilin | feather | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bidjangbu | few, a | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| biyuga, biyuwa | fig tree | plant | All | [more] | |
| bihyin | fish-hawk, grey ; grey fish-hawk | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilahr | flood | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| binang bangi- | forget | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| binang jang | forgetful | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| birbi | fresh water crossing ; Nerang township site name | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bibuhr | giddy ; drunk | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilihng | Glider, Feather-tailed ; Feather-tailed Glider | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -bina | go | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bibay, bibeh | gum tree ; tree, gum | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bibuy | gum tree, spotted (Ng:Gresty) ; box tree, white (GC:Nerang:police) | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bibi- | hang open (of mouth) | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bin.ga | hat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bin.geh | hat | artifact | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| biyuhl | hill ; mountain | natural_environment | All | [more] | |
| biny | house | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -bi | in ; at ; on | location | All | [more] | |
| -bil | intensive descriptive | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bigar, bigargah | Iron Bark ; Grey Iron Bark ; Black Iron Bark ; Iron Bark, Black ; Iron Bark, Grey | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bigar(gah), bigara | Iron Bark ; Iron Bark, Large ; Iron Bark, Black | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigarbah | iron bark trees, place of | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
