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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| wandirbi | ibis | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jirunehn | ice | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagay | ice ; frost ; snow | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| giyung (?) | if | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngubuhya | ignorant ; greenhorn | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mugulwan- | ignore ; take no notice of ; deaf to, be | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yahrma- | imitate ; copy | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahr gahnga- | imitate ; copy | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahr | imitation ; copy | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngabarmaya | immediately ; at once | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| hny- | imminent aspect ; potential mood, ('might') ; about to | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| -h | imperative | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| -leh | imperative (repetitive, reflexive or continuous) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| -lehn | imperfective aspect with antipassive | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| war- | in | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -ma | in | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -ah | in ; at ; on | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -bi | in ; at ; on | location | All | [more] | |
| -dah | in ; at ; on ; locative case | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -gi(h) | in ; at ; on ; locative non-present time | location | All | [more] | |
| -dji | in ; at ; on ; locative past case | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -Di | in ; at ; on ; past locative case | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -Di | in ; at ; on ; past locative case | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulungga | in front | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulung | in front ; ahead ; first ; before ; (in) front (of something) ; forward (Gd) | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yang | in this direction ; here | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -ngi | inhabiting | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| maruganma- | initiated, be ; initiate | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| burmay | initiation ceremony (?) ; ceremony of initiation (?) | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyirgi | initiation training (early), in preparation for initiation through First Rule of the tribal Law | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mih wahrbay | inquisitive person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bulun | inside | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| giledjuwah | inside | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| guhgar | inside ; in ; interior | location | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gunala | inside of hut | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| girirmi | instep | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bawul | intelligent fellow ; smart bloke | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jambe | intensely | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -djang, -djahng | intensifier ; very | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bunggil | intensifier, very strong | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -mil | intensifying descriptive enclitic | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ba | intensity of action, greater | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -bil | intensive descriptive | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| juga- | intercourse, have ; coition, have ; drink | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bahm julba- | interject | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yih | interjection, long-drawn-out | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yuriyilima- | interrupt | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wanggar | intestines | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulawbin | intestines, large | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gunang budjarbiny | intestines, small ; small intestines | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| guwinyba-, gunyba- | invite | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| din.gilbil | iron | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bigarbah | iron bark trees, place of | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| janehn (?) | ironbark | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngandahla | ironbark, silver-leafed | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| juhmabil | ironbark, silver-leafed ; silver-leafed ironbark | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jumabil | ironbark, silver-leafed ; silver-leafed ironbark | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| guruhny-guruhny | irregular in shape ; bent ; twisted | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yah | is that so? | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| gihny-giny | itch | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mandan | itch | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| maruywen- | itch | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mandany | itch ; scratch | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| maruhl | itchy | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] |
