Muurrbay plans to conduct workshops around Bundjalung-Yugambeh country to help people use this online dictionary. It is a work in progress so your feedback is important to us. Please read the instructions by following the "more" button below.
If you are not logged in you will not have the sound recordings
The Search parameters used are:
Search word:
Search Type: Dialect
All dialects
| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| nyangga-, nganggi- | All | [more] | |||
| nyam | bit at a time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyalnyehlbay | buzzing noise in ears ; tinnitus | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyuray | dog, female native | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyagar | empty ; no longer useful | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyugay | female of non-human animates | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyurungma- | gently, do | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyirbin | gorge wall ; slope, very steep | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyanyehny | grasshopper (generic) | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyirgan | hip | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyirgi | initiation training (early), in preparation for initiation through First Rule of the tribal Law | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyunduhmal | lonely person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyugan | hill | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| nyugam, nyugan | bailer shell ; basin ; pot ; billycan ; water container | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyah-nya(h) | be careful! | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyugay | bee (generic) | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyugay, yugay, nyugay bargal | bee, Italian ; bee, English | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyugay(gan) | bee, queen ; queen bee | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyungambil, nyumbil | bird (any sort) | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyumbil, nyungambil | bird, any | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyangga | bird, regent | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyangga, nangga-nangga, nyanggar | bird, regent ; bowerbird, regent ; regent bird | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyuwanybil | bird, small (species) | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyamul gayiribini | birth | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyahnydjam, nyahndjam | blind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyanggay | day ; daytime ; sun time ; hot/warm time ; heat from sun | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyindumba | death adder | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyiyahm | fish scale | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyahnbira- | gape | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyamul bira-/burah- | give birth (of animal) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyinyahn | grasshopper | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyule, nyuli | he | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyingbul | hiccup | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyanggal | hot (temperature) ; sweat | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyalyal | hurt | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyuhgan.gal | husband | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyubang, nyubangdjar | husband ; sister's husband ; brother in law (sister's husband) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyimdjar | kingfisher, azure | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyanda | lagoon ; lake ; marsh ; swamp | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyumbil | last | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyanay | leech, scrub | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyina- | lie ; recline | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyaram | lizard, blue-tongued | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyaram, ngaram | lizard, frilled | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyubani | married couple | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyarima- | name | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyundil | name, Aboriginal | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyumgi- | blink ; close the eyes | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyula, nyule | he ; male ; fellow ; it | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyariba- | name ; give name to ; call | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyule, nyula, nyuli | he (intransitive subject) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyari | name | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyaram | jew lizard, bearded ; jew lizard ; lizard, jew ; Bearded Dragon ; Dragon, Bearded | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyimbuny | funny little fellow | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nyahn.ganah | her (possessive) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyulangi | him (accusative) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyulagay | him, for | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyulangah | his | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyambir | little ; small | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyimbiny | house ; hut ; camp | artifact | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyanga-, nyangga- | do (what) ; do something (with) ; make (something) ; make what with ; paint ; do what with ; know what to do with | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyamul, nyamulbin | animal, young | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyimgeh- jiyaw (nyimgeh jiyaw) | blink | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyamgi- | close ; shut | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyugahli- | discuss ; talk about | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyaruny | father's sister ; aunt (father's sister) | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyahdjindi- | find? | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyuguhm | great-grandmother | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyunduhwen- | grieve ; worry | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyangili- | have what the matter with ; have something the matter with | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyule | he | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyungan | hiccup | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyihmanggal | honey drink | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyangbu | how many ; so many | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyugumbihny | husband | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyaminy | kangaroo, black buck | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyalagini- | lie to ; deceive ; cheat | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyang- | make | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyabaywen- | melt | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyunduh | lonely ; nostalgic ; grief, feeling | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
