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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -du | habitual action | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| garang | hail ; hailstone | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| darahwban, dardahrawban (?) | hailstones | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| garang, garang-garang | hailstones | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gahm | hair | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gandur (?) | hair | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gindir | hair | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gehr, guhr | hair (any) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gundan, guhndun | hair (of head) | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gam | hair of head | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| guhndun | hair of head | body_part | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gundur | hair of head | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| guhndan | hair of head ; head ; face | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gayir | hair of possum ; possum hair | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wuyi | hair, pubic ; pubic hair | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gil gil | hairs (on arms, legs, or body) | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jimguny | half | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bahm | halfway ; half | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| duhndur (?) | hand | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mala | hand | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| danggan | hand ; finger | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dan.gan, danggan | hand ; fingers | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| danggan | hand ; fingers ; thumb ; five | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gandjal | handsome | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| gandjal | handsome (Wu) ; nice (Wa) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| balugahn | handsome ; handsome man, spirit, ghost ; handsome man ; Balugahn | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| balugahn, balugan | handsome man ; man, handsome | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| banyahrgan | handsome woman ; pretty (woman) ; woman, handsome | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjalgan | handsome woman ; woman, handsome | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jalinguhni | hang | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jura- | hang | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wulwah- | hang | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| juri- | hang ; float | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wulba(h)-, wulwa- | hang ; suspend | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bibi- | hang open (of mouth) | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ginggi- | happen ; become ; become like ; like, be | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| gurihngga- | happen long ago | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yalbur(u) | happy ; contented | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjay-budjay, budjabuyay | happy family birds ; swallow (bird) ; birds, happy family | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| midjungwan-, midjungwen- | happy, become ; contented, become ; satisfied, become ; proud, become | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jan.gam | hard | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| gadjang | hard ; tough | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bawurdjin | hat | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bin.ga | hat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bin.geh | hat | artifact | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyangili- | have what the matter with ; have something the matter with | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ngurgan | having ; possessing ; containing | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -nguhrgan | having ; with | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| gahrgar | hawk species | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| garanggan(y) | hawk, night- ; night-hawk | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngayahn | haze, greyish, of falling rain | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barehl | hazy (of atmosphere) | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyule | he | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyule, nyuli | he | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyule, nyula, nyuli | he (intransitive subject) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyula, nyule | he ; male ; fellow ; it | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngirihny | he with... ; she with.... | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| banggim | head | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bawur | head | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gabara | head | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ganggar | head | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gundan | head (?) | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| baru | head ; hair | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gamaran, gamaruhn | head man ; white gentleman | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| maluhn | headache | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| garibay, garbay | headland | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngamgir(?) | headland | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wanday | headland | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buyumany | heap ; stack ; pile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| gannga- | hear ; know ; think ; consider ; smell ; sense ; hope ; learn ; feel ; smell ; suppose ; believe ; wonder ; muse ; worry about ; meditate ; understand | senses | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dulgu | heart | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dulgu, dulguh | heart | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| guldju | heart | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jugul | heart | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jugul, julgu | heart | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| julgu | heart | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhnma- | heat | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| waydjang (waydjung, wahdj-) | heaven where departed spirits go | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jambar | heavy | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| jundur, junduru | heavy | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |