Bundjalung Dictionary

Word List

Bundjalung	English	Category	Dialect
marawan	lad (young) with ritual scars on back	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyanda	lagoon ; lake ; marsh ; swamp	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gahwang	lagoon ; swamp ; lake ; waterhole	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bahlum, balum	lagoon, open	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bamay	lake	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wamin	lake ; lagoon	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gayiwang	lake ; waterhole	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wungahn	lame	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
guruwany	lame (?)	body_part	Middle Clarence		[more]
mangur	lamp ; torch ; candle	artifact	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
dih-dih	land kingfisher ; kingfisher, land	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nguyeh	language ; dialect ; word ; speech	language	Middle Clarence		[more]
nguyay	language ; speech ; word ; letter ; Bundjalung language	language	Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence		[more]
gulgun	language ; word ; noise	language	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
galabal	language name Galabal ; Galabal, language name	language	Lower Richmond		[more]
birihnbal	language spoken about Tweed Heads ; Tweed Heads, language spoken about	language	Lower Richmond		[more]
jarahn	lap (knee to thigh)	body_part	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gurahlmay	large boat ; ship	artifact	Copmanhurs		[more]
gamany, gamini	large creek	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gidjuhny mamugany	large green pigeon ; pigeon (green, large)	bird	Lower Richmond		[more]
jangmulgigangul (?)	large hill ; hill, large	natural_environment	Copmanhurs		[more]
nyumbil	last		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
mindji- (nydj)	laugh		Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
minyi-	laugh		Lower Richmond		[more]
mindjilima-	laugh, make to		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gabihnggama-	launch		Middle Clarence		[more]
gugabura	lawyer cane ; cane, lawyer	plant	Copmanhurs		[more]
nandin (?)	lawyer cane ; vine, lawyer	plant	Lower Richmond		[more]
ngabuy, ngabuygam(?), nenidjing	lawyer vine(s) ; vine(s), lawyer ; lawyer cane ; cane, lawyer	plant	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
nenidjing	lawyer vines ; vines, lawyer	plant	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
ganygahr	lazily tired ; tired, lazily	senses	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gulawar	lazy	artifact	Middle Clarence		[more]
yihl	lazy		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
yirihng	lazy ; slow	fr	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mugul	lazy ; stubborn ; naughty ; deaf (closed?) (Cas)	senses	Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence		[more]
duhng	lazy ; tired	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
mihlma-	lead		Lower Richmond		[more]
ngulungbu, ngulungmal	leader ; one in front	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ngulungmal	leader, a	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ganyal	leaf	plant	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wulang	leaf	plant	All		[more]
wurang, wulang, wurahng/wuhrang	leaf	plant	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wurahng	leaf ; tea ; tea leaves	food	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
waruhdjar	leaf of any kind	plant	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jumgi-	leak ; drip		Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
jumgihny	leak ; drip		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nuwa-	lean		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gadjul-djam	lean (of meat) ; thin	food	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
yagihr	lean ; poor (of season)	natural_environment	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mulingan	leaning ; sloping		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
mulihngan	leaning tree ; tree, leaning	plant	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
-bilahm	learnt to, has		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bidjang-bunggil	least		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jarahm	leather ; strap ; belt	artifact	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
jerahmbanban	leather neck (bird)	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
galgalang, galgurang	leatherhead (bird) ; friar bird ; butcher bird	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
galgurang/gulgulang	leatherhead ; friar bird	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
galgulang, galgurang	leatherhead ; friar bird ; jay (chatterbox, not blue jay (Y:Sha:Culhm))	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gulgulang	leatherhead bird ; friar bird	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wan-, wana-	leave ; abandon ; stop ; cease ; let alone ; let go ; release ; don't, leave (it)		Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
yinama-	leave ; depart		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wuna-	leave ; stop		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
yunamandi-	leave behind		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
jurung	leech	insect	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
juruhng	leech, land ; land leech	insect	Middle Clarence		[more]
nyanay	leech, scrub	insect	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
juruhng(g)il	leech, water ; water leech	insect	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
guhram (?)	left hand	body_part	Lower Richmond		[more]
warambal	left hand ; left side	body_part	Middle Clarence		[more]
waram, warambil	left hand side	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
waram	left-hand side or direction	location	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bandehr	leg	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bandir (bandera?)	leg	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
budji	leg	body_part	Middle Clarence		[more]
yarang, yarar	leg	body_part	Middle Clarence, Copmanhurs		[more]
murang	leg (Ngr)	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jarang	leg (of animal ; hind leg) ; thigh (bone) ; thigh (or whole leg from hip to foot) ; claw	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bandjar, banydjar	leg, lower	body_part	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gahndji-	lend ?		Middle Clarence		[more]
yundahr ma-	lengthen ; spin out	language	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]

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