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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| buruhlgan | curlew ; plover, stone ; stone plover | bird | All | [more] | |
| budjay | almost | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bundagah- | approach | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| buhmbilahr | barren ; useless | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| burang | Boorong | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buwi | breath | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buwi-buwi | breathless | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugaw jabay | carrion eater ; eater of carrion | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buygun | cod | fish | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buni- | do thoroughly | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bulahnggi- | do together | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bumbay, bumbuy | ahead ; straight | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bubu, buyi-buyi, buybuy, bulbu, bulbul | Angophera ; apple tree, native | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulbul | Angophera tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bunybuny | angry | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buybuy | apple tree, native ; Angophera ; Apple gum | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulbu | apple-box tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bular | ashes | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bubeh | ashes ; dust | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bubidjan, bubigan (buhbi-?) | ashes of a fire ; fire ashes | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bunbeh, bunbi | bag of split grass | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bunbar | beach ; sea | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| burgar | beach ; sea | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulahnde- | bend | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bulandeh | bend | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buliya-buliya | birds, many little | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulany | blend | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bungaw | bloodwood tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| burgin | bloodwood tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulalugang(?), bulalagany | Boolologung | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bunambil | boot | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buwul, buhl | bora ring ; ring | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buyma-, buhyma- | bother | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bulehn(?) | bowels | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buhwi-an.ga- | breathe | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buhyi, buhyi-an.ga- | breathe ; pull ; tire | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulam | Bulum | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buyu | calf of leg ; leg, lower | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bugir-an.ga- | clear | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bugur | clever ; clever man | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bumahla-ngahrilihgu | corroboree | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjeh | cunjevoi tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buyuhlgan, buruhlgan, buruwagan(?) | curlew ; plover, stone ; stone plover | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjaru-budjaru | daybreak | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjur-budjur | daybreak | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bu | derivational suffix | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bundagahl | close ; near | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buragin | crayfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| buhl | bora ground ; Bora Ring ; ring ; corroboree ground ; circle (for initiation) | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| burehn | bread | food | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bunaw | bloodwood tree ; red bloodwood tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buba | ashes | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bunalbu | bloodwood | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bumba- | blow | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| buhr(?) | bora | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bu | again (Gd) ; now (Gd) ; still (Gd) | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| burgu | almost (?) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buhnbing | antbed ; termite's nest | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buy-buygah | apple tree ; tree, apple | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bundagahli- | approach | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| burung-burung | asleep | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buhwi | breath | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buhwi bira- | breathe | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buwiny | bubble | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bulidju- | bump ; bump accidentally causing pain | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| buhnyi | Bunya Mountains | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buhlnginy | catfish nest | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| burga- | change | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| buluny-buluhny | cloud, cumulus ; rain cloud ; cloud, rain | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bundjima- | cook by covering with ashes or burying in hot coals | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bugahygan | daughter-in-law | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buguny | death-adder | reptile | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bunyugah- | discuss ; talk about | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| burangdjin | dress ; clothes | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buluhr | bark, frayed | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buhmbi- | blow ; smoke ; blow something (including cigarettes Wa) | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| budjigehn | cat, tame ; cat, domestic | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjuhr | cowardly | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| burahng(djin) | dress | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugam(gah) | Black Bean tree ; tree, Black Bean | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] |
