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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| janagan, jananggan | boy | people | Middle Clarence | Listen | [more] |
| jabih- | All | [more] | |||
| jihgay | All | [more] | |||
| jalgany | Aboriginal woman ; Goori woman ; woman, Aboriginal | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jigay | abscess ; sore ; ulcer | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jayuhmwen- | ache (of head) | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jayuhm | aching (of head) (Wa) ; headache (Gd) | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| janung ba- | act as a moral and spiritual guardian ; moral or spiritual guardian, act as ; spiritual or moral guardian, act as ; guardian (moral or spiritual), act as | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jarany | afraid ; frightened | senses | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| janguy | angry ; quarrelsome ; bad-tempered ; enemy | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| janguyma- | annoy ; angry, make | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| janguywan-, janguywen- (Wa) | annoyed, become ; angry, get | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jilgir | ant, green ; green ant | insect | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| juluhr, julu | ant, greenhead ; greenheaded ant | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jundang (dundang?, dundany?) | ant, solitary | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jumbay, juhmbay | Apple, Black ; Black Apple | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jage-jageh | apron, woman's | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jawin | arm (GC:Mestn) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jaruhn, daruny | arm (with wrist) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| juradjum, yuramgan | baby | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahdjam | baby ; child | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jahbu-yahgari | baby, female | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jadjalbu | baby, little | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jung | bad | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jang | bad ; badly ; sour ; harmful ; no good ; cheeky ; badness ; rubbish | senses | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jahm-djang | bad ; no good | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jangwan- | bad, be ; bad, become | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| jangwany | bad, something ; something bad ; pain | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jang bawur | bad-tempered ; crazy ; angry ; stubborn | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jili | bag ; rush (reed) used for bag making | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jurgan(?) | bangalo stick | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| junggi (jun.geh) | bark, dry | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jindirah | bay | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| juriyal | bay | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| julidjwur (?) | beach | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| jeyang, jehng | beak ; mouth | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahdjamwen- | bear ; give birth | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jahdjam bira-, jahdjam bura- | bear ; give birth (of woman) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jarany | beard ; hair of beard | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jagahygam | beautiful ; pretty | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jagihgan | beautiful ; pretty | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jambulang | bee, large species of bee and its honey ; bee (large species of) and its honey ; bees ; honey | insect | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jugubay | beehive | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jing-jing | bell | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jigir | belly | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| julba | belly ; stomach | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jumguy | belongings ; possessions ; swag ; bundle | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| judje | below | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| juruy | bend in a creek or gully ; corner | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jang malgan | big (of storm) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jeyir, jehr | big ; large ; important | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| jehr | big ; much ; loud ; fast | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| jilbi | bird excreta ; excreta of bird | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jundjulum, junydjulum | bird species | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jurgari | bird, dollar ; dollar bird | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jamay | bitter | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| julahy, julay | bitter ; sour ; sweet, not | food | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| juluhngay | black native bee ; bee, black native | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| juhm-guwang | black snake ; snake, black | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jumgung, jumgum, jumgu (?) | black snake ; snake, black | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| janduhr, jandur | Black Wallaroo, male ; Wallaroo, Black (male) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jahy (?) | blind | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| junbarma- | blow ; flyblow | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| junbar | blowfly, fly, maggot, bush fly, house fly | insect | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jihrgan | blue-gum ; gum, blue- | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jun.guhnun | bobtailed | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| julur | boil | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jinang-gaba | boot | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jinbigir | bottle tree (Gn) ; tree, bottle (Gn) | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jinbigeri, jinbigehr | Bottle Tree ; Tree, Bottle | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| julungany | Bottle Tree ; Tree, Bottle | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| juyah | bottom ; lower down ; in ; inside | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jarugahng | boulder | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jirguluhm | Bower-bird, Satin ; Satin Bower-bird | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabuh (Wi, M), jabuyil (M) | boy | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabu, jabuh | boy | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jananggan | boy | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jabu | boy ; youth | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jabuh | boy to puberty | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabul | boy, little | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |