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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| man.gagin | All | [more] | |||
| midjul | All | [more] | |||
| mibiny | Aboriginal man ; person ; face ; know (Wi) ; Aboriginal(s) (M) | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mirindjin, mirangdjin (?) | Aboriginal woman 30-50 years old ; woman (Aboriginal 30-50 yrs old) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mirungmir | Aboriginal woman ; woman, Aboriginal | people | Middle Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| mibinyahbu | acquaintance ; friend | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mulayang | again | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mar | agitated ; alarmed | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| marwan- | agitated, become ; alarmed | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mihgu-djam | albino | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mamir | alive | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| milbul | alive | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| miring, miri | alive | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| mamir, mamirbu | alive ; life | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| mari | alive ; life | fish | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| miring | alive of animates | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -mihr | all | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| mabehrbu | all ; all of us/them | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| milangawaralalah | almost ; nearly | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| mindjihng-mindjihng | amusing thing | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| muhruy | ashes | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| muruny | ashes | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| muruhny | ashes ; coals, hot (Wa) | food | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| milahny | awake | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mugim | axe ; tomahawk | artifact | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mulbadjin | baby | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| munil | bad-tempered | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mambe | bank (of river) ; edge (of beach) ; beach, edge of ; river, bank of | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| muru gurahr | beak | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| manaldjahli | Beaudesert | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| muhy | bees wax ; wax, bees | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mihran, mehran | belly ; stomach | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mirung | belly ; stomach | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| muhng | belly ; stomach | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| marun | berry type | food | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| marahn | bird | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| muhmbil-muhmbil | bird species ; quail | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| madja- | bite off a mouthful of food | food | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| magay | black paint ; paint, black | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| muru-dalang, muru-gudjihny | black swan ; swan, black | bird | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| muru-gudji | black swan ; swan, black | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mih-balum | blind | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mih-djam | blind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| milbang | blind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mubi | blind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mih bumi- | blink | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| madjir | blocked (Gd) ; blunt (Wa) | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mural | blood | body_part | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| marahn | blue | colour | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mulany-mulahny | blue crane ; crane, blue | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| man.gar | blue gum ; gum, blue (tree) ; gum | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| maran | blunt | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| marun | blunt | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| murgung | blunt | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| murwang | blunt | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| munguru | blunt (of knife) | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| muwi muwi-nyihn | boast | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| marinduy | boat ; ship | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| muwang | body | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mur-gerahngga- | bora | language | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| magihny | bora ground ; secret ; sacred | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| miyunggi- | born, be | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mihyung (?), miyunggi- | born, to be | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mahdja-gan | boss or employer (female) ; bossy woman ; woman, bossy | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahdja-gali | bossy person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahram | Bottlebrush | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| muh, bing(g)ay | bowels | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| margan | boy | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mulam | boy under 12 years | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mamer | brave | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| mihrang | breasts | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| muralmim | brolga | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| murulmany | brolga ; native companion | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mira-mirabay (?) | bullock | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| muruwi | bush ; scrub ; forest | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| munggur | calf of leg | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| munggir, munggur | calf of leg ; leg, calf of | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mihlma- | capture ; take by force ; abduct ; kidnap ; take along | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| maganda- | catch up | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| muligam | catfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
