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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| bilang, bilanggah | oak ; she-oak | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngagam-ngagam | oak, small species with yellow flowers | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| winwin | oak, white ; white oak | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nganbanuba (anbanuba) | oath | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -ni | object (accusative case) ; accusative case | All | [more] | ||
| -ni | object of clause marker (accusative case) | All | [more] | ||
| bugurahn | object tied to some other thing | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ginyin | obstinate | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jumgan | ocean | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dumgan | ocean ; sea, open ; open sea | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mage | ochre, yellow | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| manyil | octopus | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -nga(h) | of ; belonging to | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngabar-ngabar | often | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyamal | often | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nganyi nganyi nganyi | oh dear! ; oh dear me! | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| babuh! | oh! | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| oh | oh! | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| gabungil | old | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| gidjang | old | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| gidjuhr | old | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| gurilah | old | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jang-guriyahbu | old | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| meru | old | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| mubang | old | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jangur | old (of people) | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gidjuhmgil | old ; aged | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| guriyahbu, guruyahgu | old ; olden times, in ; long ago ; way back in the old days ; old days, way back in the | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| mubig (?) | old man (over 50 years) ; man, old (over 50) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gidjung | old man (Y:Holm) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dandahygam | old man ; elder ; man, old | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| danigam | old man ; man, old | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gidjang-gidjargan(y), gidjargan(y) | old man ; man, old | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gidjuhmdja | old man ; man, old | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mabang, mawahng | old man ; man, old | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mabahng, mabang | old man ; man, old ; man of importance (Cas) | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gidjuhm | old man ; man, old ; old (of animates) | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| marang | old woman ; woman, old | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mirang, miranggan | old woman ; woman, old | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mirunggan, marang | old woman ; woman, old | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mirung, mirunggan | old woman ; woman, old | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| waruhng, warung | old woman ; woman, old | people | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jabu, jabuyil, jabudjil | older boy ; pre-puberty youth ; youth, pre-puberty | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gabura | one | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| garuguhm | one | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| jarahr | one | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yabul | one | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yabur, yaburu(h) | one | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yabu(h)r, yabul | one ; another | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| yabur | one ; only ; alone | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -l | one able to perform an action | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngubugan | one day away (past or future) | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jay | one side, to ; sideways | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bihwany | one who avoids another ; avoider (of another person) | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahny | one who likes to be waited upon by others ; waited upon by others, one who likes to be | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gungahnbu | one's own | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| -gimbay | only | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -may | only | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buguya- | open ; split open ; crack | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bagir, bagehr | open country ; country, open | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gumagala | open gum tree flat ; gum tree flat, open | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dunmah | open to | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dahni- | open up | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| dunmany | opening | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| naring gimi- | opposite | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngaring gimi- | opposite | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yirah | opposite direction | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| minggil | opposite of what was expected ; what was expected, opposite of | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| oh | or | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wuh, uh | or | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| gehmgam | orator | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gaden(?) | orchid | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| junbar | ordinary fly ; small maggot ; maggot, small ; fly, ordinary | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wiyun | oriel (bird) | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gulam | orphan | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabuhng | orphan | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaringwahr | other side ; far side ; opposite side | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wunganwahr | other side ; opposite side ; far side ; around | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bandang | other; some | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngandar | others ; others, the | people | Middle Clarence | [more] |
