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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| baygal | man ; person ; adult | people | Middle Clarence | Listen | [more] |
| baygal | man, dark-skinned of any race ; Aboriginal ; Aboriginal people | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | Listen | [more] |
| gugari | mad (M) | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| garenggi, garehnggi | mad ; insane | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| galamarin | magpie | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gulamari (?) | magpie | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gulamburan | magpie | bird | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gulgurang | magpie | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gurahmburuhn, gulamburan | magpie | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gibir | mahogany tree (Wa) ; Turpentine Tree | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ganimaya- | make | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| gindjibila- | make | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| mana-, mani- | make | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyang- | make | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yaga- | make | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yunga- | make | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| num bunda- | make (someone) return | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ga | make ; cause to be | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| guwihgarma- | make ; dig a hole | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ginyara- | make a bed ; bed, make a | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| galgirma- | make a canoe ; take in canoe ; canoe | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngumbinda- | make a house | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| binda- | make a net ; net, make a | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gur-gur ba- | make a noise stamping around with the feet ; stamping around with the feet, noise made by | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| gunihba- | make do ; allow to do | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bugalma- | make good ; good, make ; repair ; mend ; fix ; cure ; improve | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yunama- | make lie down ; put down ; put, to ; place, to | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| jaluma- | make smoke | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahnama- | make stand ; stand (something) ; make stop ; put ; leave (something) standing | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| dandurma- | make strong ; make hard | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| banyarma warima- | make well by doctoring | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -ba | make, to ; cause to | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| buhyiyan | male | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| buyu | male | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wangan (?) | male | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wang(g)an (?) | male | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| gunum, gunam | male black possum ; black possum, male ; possum, black and male | animal | All | [more] | |
| wuyang | male's brother-in-law | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| madja | man (boss?) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagil, bangin | man 40-50 years old ; 40-50 year old man | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| janganyan | man from the west | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jugah-gali | man who likes to drink ; drink, man who likes to | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wuruhraban | man's personal name ; personal name, man's | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| buhrdjam | man's sister's son ; nephew (man's sister's son) | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| burihgam | man's wife's brother's son ; nephew-in-law (son of a man's wife's brother) | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| marugan | man, mature (young) ; bachelor ; initiated man ; man, initiated ; one initiated through the First Rule of the tribal Law ; young man (Gd) | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| balang | man, small and active, standard character in Bundjalung stories ; standard character in Bundjalung stories | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yirahli | man, white ; white man | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jabihnginy | man-eating spirit-being (male) ; spirit-being, man-eating (male) | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jangigir | mangrove | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| balgan | many | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gulah | many | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gumbihnybar | many | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| jindihn | many | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| gananbihn | many (?) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| garalbu | many ; lot, a ; plenty ; all | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| gumbih | many ; much ; all | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| garahl, gara(h)lbu | many ; plenty | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| gumbi | many ; plenty ; all | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mabehr | many ; plenty ; all | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wagan | march fly (NG:Gresty) ; fly, ordinary (Fowlr) | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bahny | march-fly ; fly, march- | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wahl | mark | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -bu | marks agent or transitive subject and instrument used for an action | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyubani | married couple | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dubanygur | married man ; man, married | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gandji-, ganydji- | married to, be | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| gandjili- | married, be | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jung-jung | marrow ; brain | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngunyang | marrow ; pus | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jundjung | marrow; pith ; brain | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yahrba- | marry | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yaraba- | marry | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yarba- | marry | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gandjili-, ganydjili- | marry ; married, be | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -giny | masculine suffix | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bama- | massage (Gd) ; rub ; paint | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mahdja, mahsta | master ; boss | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mahdja | master ; boss ; employer | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dabahy | mature (of chrysalis about to turn into butterfly) | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] |
