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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| badja-badjar | face to face | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dulwal | faeces ; excreta | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bindji, binydji | faeces ; shit | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| duru, juru | faeces ; shit | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| guna | faeces ; shit | body_part | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| gunang | faeces ; shit | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jun.gul | faeces ; shit | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jangwen- | fail to do ; miss | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| barwa- | fall | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| garundja- (garundjali-) | fall | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bin-, bin.ga-, birwa- | fall (of frost) ; form (of frost) ; set (of sun) ; set (of moon) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bayili- | fall (of rain) | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| banihndi- | fall ; collapse | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| beh- | fall ; come off | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ban-, ban.ga-, bi- (Holm), ban-, bangga-, barwa-, banggi- (M:Liv) | fall ; disappear ; go away ; drop | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| banba- | fall down ; tumble | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngandjar (nydj) | false ; untrue ; lie | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jungul | falsely (Cas) ; purposeless (for no reason) (Wa) ; for no reason (purposeless) (Wa) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| janabi nyubani | family | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jingir-jingi(h)r | fantail fly-catcher, black | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| guwila, guyla | far ; distant | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| gahnga | far ; distant ; that | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| gawal, gawul | far ; long | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| gayuh | far away ; distance | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bihdjidj | fart ; pass wind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jamgal | fast | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wuginy, guginy | fast | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| garahny | fast ; speedy | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| banyargan | fat | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| banyargan, bandjargan (Wi), bandjargan (Ny) | fat | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gadjul, gadjur | fat | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wadjeru, wadjir | fat | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wamin | fat | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wadjir, wudjir | fat ; grease | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| banyahrgan | fat ; well built ; in good health | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| banyarganwen- | fat, to get | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| baba | father | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| -bany | father | people | Middle Clarence | [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] | |
| dahri | father | people | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mahmal | father | people | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahmang | father ; father's brother ; father's male cousin | people | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [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] | |
| babang | father ; father's brother ; uncle (paternal) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngaruny | father's sister ; aunt | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyaruny | father's sister ; aunt (father's sister) | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yirbung | father's sister's child ; mother's brother's child | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buguy | father-in-law | people | Middle Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| duruny, durehny | fear ; frightened ; afraid | senses | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dulung-djam | fearless ; brave | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bidjar | feather | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bilin | feather | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yiburuh | features ; face | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabihnyma- | feed | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jabinma- | feed (someone) | food | All | [more] | |
| jabinma- | feed (someone) | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| manyahyma- | feel | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| manyi- (?) | feel | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| manyay/manyi-an.ga- | feel ; touch | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| manyahy | feeling | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jang-jahng | feeling hatred | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bala | fellow | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jigala | fellow | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nini | female | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| guwam (?) | female ; she | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| garindi | female kangaroo (Gn) ; kangaroo, female (Gn) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gurandi | female kangaroo ; kangaroo, female | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyugay | female of non-human animates | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngugun | female's brother's child ; niece or nephew (female's brother's child) | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -ginygan | feminine enclitic | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -gin.gan | feminine enclitic | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -gan | feminine gender | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| waru-waruh | fence ; boundary | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gamiru | fern | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| galmuhran | fern, ground ; ground fern | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| muhmgir | fern-tree ; tree, fern- | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yugam garal | few (not many) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
