Bundjalung Dictionary

Word List

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

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