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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| ngaban, ngabany | All | [more] | |||
| -ngin | All | [more] | |||
| -ngu | All | [more] | |||
| nguyali- | accompany | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngaring | across ; on the other side | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -nggahl, -gahl | after | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngara | again | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngulung-gah-bu | ahead, long way ahead | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngalihrban | all of us ; we all | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngambahr | almost ; nearly ; not quite ; more or less ; somewhat. | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngaleh | also | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ngula | also ; too | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngunyan.ga- | amused | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngahriny-ngahriny | amusing thing | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngah, ngeh | and | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ngi, -ngih | and | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngeh (nga?) | and ; also | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nguleh | and ; also | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nge | and ; but | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngiriny | angry | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhny-nguny | ant | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguny-nguny | ant (generic) ; ant, small black | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaranyma- | ask | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngihm ba- | ask for ; ask someone for something | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngihmbi- | ask for ; request ; demand | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngahmar | axe, large | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaragan | axe-handle | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngong, ngahng | ball game, Bundjalung | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngarmin | bat | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhn.guwi- | become dusk | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngabi-, nabeh- | begin ; play ; off you go (?) | All | [more] | ||
| ngayahdjil | belonging to me ; mine | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngarbany | betrothal ; marriage ; place of betrothal or marriage | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngunyung | black | colour | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngagu | black ; dark | colour | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhny | black paint ; charcoal ; embers ; soot ; paint, black | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngumban | blanket | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubur | blunt | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngiring | both | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngadjangah | bowerbird, regent ; regent bowerbird | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngidjahng | brave ; daring ; courage | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nguhlun | bream, bony | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngama | breast ; milk | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngamin | breasts | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngahng, ngong | Bundjalung ball game ; ball game, Bundjalung | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngahlir | burp ; wind ; belch | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhn ba- | buzz | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngulungmay | by-and-by ; soon ; directly | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngambi | cabbage tree | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngambibihny | cabbage tree (palm) | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngumbiny | camp ; house ; hut ; dwelling ; blanket ; rag ; cover ; bark | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngulbihny | canoe ; boat | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngamah | carrion-eater | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulam | catfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngaruy | cave | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngehyagah | certainly ; of course | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguwiny-nguwiny | charcoal ; embers | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nguyay-gali | chatterbox, male ; gossiper, male | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngering, ngerinbahm | cicada | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngayir | cliff ; cave (Cas) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngeh gidja | closing comment of a narrative | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarehr | cockatoo, black with red feathers ; black cockatoo with red feathers | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngandan-gahlawa- | cook on green firewood | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngandan | corpse | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngambany | cover ; hut ; house or blanket ; blanket or house | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngawgay | creek, upper reaches of | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubar-ngubar | daily ; every day | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahrindi- | dance while holding something | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngahrin | dancing ; rough (of water) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahribih | dancing ground | location | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngahri-jagun | dancing ground | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngabuwa | dark | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nguh | dark (of hole or cave) | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngalu, ngalu(h) | dark ; night(time) (Gn) ; night ; darkness | time | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaguwan- | dark, become ; black, become ; night, become | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuwardjang | day after tomorrow | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuwarbu | day before yesterday | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguru wandehn | dead person's spirit ; spirit ; person recently deceased | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngaram miyi- | depart (never to return) | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguluny | digging-stick ; yamstick | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
