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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| duyihny-an.ga- | afraid | senses | All | [more] | |
| duhn | belongings of deceased person | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dumuny | blunt | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| dagi- | cease ; desist | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dagal miyi- | continue for ever | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dagargan, dawargan | corpse of a woman ; woman's corpse | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| dirang galan | critical ; sarcastic | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| dirbihny | Cupid bird | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dihlbi-dihlbi | dawn, very early | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| danggahl | day | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dihlbi | dew | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dinggabal | Dinggabal dialect ; dialect, Dinggabal | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| durgal | dirty | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| duwalibih | bora ground | language | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| -djari | (?) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dugalgan | Aboriginal woman ; Goori woman ; woman, Aboriginal ; woman, Goori | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dugun | above ; on top ; sky | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| danbin | alive (?) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dahgarah(?) | alone | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dun.geh | bark (dry) for kindling ; kindling, dry bark | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| duhndun, duwan-duwan, duwun | black | colour | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| duwun, duhndun | black | colour | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dundanngahw | black possum, female ; possum, black (female) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dirany | black snake ; snake, black | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dahringen | Black wattle ; wattle, Black | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dulum | bowerbird | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dinir | branches, small | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| duhyiny-djam | brave ; fearless | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dugung | bushy (of hair) ; uncombed (of the hair) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| durun.gul-, jurun.gal | calm | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| diman, jiman | camp (a group of ngumbiny or huts) (Watsn) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dumirgan, dumehrgan, dumilgan | chest | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dumurgan | chest | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| diranggu ja- | chew | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dayalgam | chief (in fighting) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dumdumgan | chip chip bird ; bird, chip chip | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| didjangmihbu | closer and closer | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dugu(h) | cod, saltwater ; saltwater cod | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dunggilima- | cry, cause to | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| derang | Cuckoo, channel-billed ; Channel-billed Cuckoo | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| duwan, duwan-duwan | dark ; darkness ; black | colour | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| darubi (barubi?) | Daroby | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dihlbi | dawn ; daybreak | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dabalehn | dead | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dahba-, dahbalehn | dead | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -djur | derivational affix (?) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dahbam | die | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dili, jila | dilly bag made of swamp rushes | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dangdang | diver, black and white | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dima- | do (?) | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| diman | camp ; hut ; ashes | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dalan, dalang, jalang, dalang | clay | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dubay | Aboriginal woman ; dark-skinned woman of any race | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | Listen | [more] |
| dawargan, dawaragan | dead woman ; ghost, female | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| duwa- | dig ; bury | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| dehman | coals | food | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dabay, dabahy, dabari | dog, tame | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dalang | afraid | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dulungwan- | afraid, become | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dugurgan | bag, man's | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| deyulwan- | become thin ; become emaciated | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dugari | bowels | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -dihnda- | carry ; take | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -djindi | carry ; take | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| dihman | charcoal | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dawgir ba- | chopping noise, make | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -djin | clothing covering this part of body | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| dumgahm | cobbera ; worm, teredo ; teredo worm | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dahmbar | damper ; bread | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| duhwa- | dig ; dig up | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| dugul-duguhl | dilly-bag | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dabahy | dog, tame ; dog | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dulung | afraid (Gd:Thomas) ; fear (Gd:Thomas) | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dawehng | bald | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| durang | bandicoot, Barred ; Barred bandicoot ; bandicoot, small species of | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| daw-daw | Broad-billed Roller bird (Gd) ; Roller bird, Broad-billed (Gd) | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| duriyang | Channelbill cuckoo (Gd) ; cuckoo, channelbill (Gd) ; storm bird hen (Wa) | bird | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dung | crying ; cry | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dandi- | cuddle ; embrace | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dindihdj | dish | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
