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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| dubahdjar | girl | people | Middle Clarence | Listen | [more] |
| wumbur | gall ; lump on trunk or bough of tree | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wumbur-wumbuhr | gall on leaf, tiny | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahri | game ; dance ; play ; playing | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| juluhr | gaol ; unpleasant place | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyahnbira- | gape | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngahnybir | gape ; yawn | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| muwamuwa- (muwamuwi-) | gather ; collect | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| jahyi- | gather together | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gahbir, gahbabir | gazelle, female | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gihny | generic ant ; small black ant ; ant, small black ; ant, generic | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ganahngin | generous | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| janunggal | gentleman, thorough ; ceremony for appointing a janunggahybay ; janunggahybay, ceremony for appointing a | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngamaweh | gently ; softly | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyurungma- | gently, do | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mira- (?) | get ; catch | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| giga- | get down | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| gidjunywen- | get well | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -yahgan | get, to | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| gimul | ghost | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| muwi | ghost | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gimang | ghost ; demon | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nguru | ghost ; shade ; shadow (of a human being) | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| maguy | ghost ; spirit | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dagahral | ghost, bad | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dagaybiny | ghost, male | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| guba-wahgay | ghosts | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yanyan.gahla | ghosts | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| buyuny | giant ; God ; father | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| barbuhn | giddy (Gd) ; dizzy (Gd) ; drowsy (Gd) ; drunk (Wa) | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bibuhr | giddy ; drunk | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mulgir | gift | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buhyiny, buhyiny-buhyiny | gift given to obtain a wife ; wife, gift given to obtain a | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mindjihnggan | giggler ; woman who laughs or giggles a lot | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dubahyga | girl | people | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| galaygan | girl | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yahgari | girl | people | All | [more] | |
| wulbang, wulbanggan | girl ; woman, young | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dubaydjin, dubaynar | girl ; young girl | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jabuny | girl ; young girl ; girl, young | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jundal | girl ; young girl ; girl, young | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mudjulam | girl from 8-15 years | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahgari (?) | girl, single ; single girl | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulbung | girl, teenage ; teenage girl | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gali- | give | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wula- | give | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuwa- | give | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wiya-, windji- | give (to) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyamul bira-/burah- | give birth (of animal) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| miyunggi- | give birth to | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| naruny | glad ; happy | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jiyaw-nyahligu | glasses ; spectacles | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gadjilahny | glow in the distance | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| madjilima- | glue ; fasten together | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| jabihnggin, jabih-gali | glutton | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jalih-gali, jabinggin | glutton | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ganduhn ba- | gnash teeth (Wa) ; munch noisily (Gd) | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -ba | go | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -bina | go | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gah- | go | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gawa- | go | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| giyuwa? | go | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -ma | go | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -wa | go | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yanmali- | go | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| gubayi- | go (point, head, feet, etc.) first ; go head first ; go feet first | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| numbali- | go ; come | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yan-, yana-, yan.ga-, yanba- | go ; go away ; travel ; walk | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yena-, yen.ga- | go ; going | All | [more] | ||
| wali- | go ; present, be no longer (?) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yan-, yana-, yanba-, yan.ga- | go ; walk | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| waygaya- | go above | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngaringbin- | go across ; go over | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| naringga- | go across ; go over ; cross over | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngaringga- | go across ; go over ; cross over | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yuriyili- | go alone | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| gin.gilawuna- | go away | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yuruwa- | go away | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| numbuhnggi- | go back ; come back ; return ; turn back ; go home | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| gargi-, garga- | go down | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
