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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| birbun | paddle | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jabulgan | paddle | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jaray ba- | paddle | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| giri | pademelon | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gari, giri | pademelon ; wallaby, type of | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| barany | pain ; sore | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bambam | paint | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buma- (?) | paint | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dalangguma- | paint | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| galam | paint | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bamali- | paint (oneself) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| banggalu | palm tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| midjin | palm tree ('midjim') ; midjin cane ; bangalow (Tw:Sc:Bray) ; walking stick palm (Ngr:Gresty) ; fruit of the midgeon palm | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jambar | palm tree (bangalow) | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyamin | palm tree, small | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyunggargur (?), nyunggargar (?) | palm, cabbage ; cabbage palm ; cabbage tree (palm) | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mur-mur | pancreas | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yugul | paper wasp nest ; nest, paper wasp | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dehn.ga | paper-bark tree | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| manyay-djam | paralysed | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dum-dum | pardalote bird | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buguydjargan, buguygirgan | parent-in-law | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilinahdjil | parrot place | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wangum | parrot, blue mountain ; blue mountain parrot | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nginyinggam | parrot, green leek ; green leek parrot | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| miran | parrot, king ; king parrot | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wulugali | parrot, Lowri ; Lowri parrot | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bar | particle | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| -mu | particle | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| juhlay | party pursuing an eloping couple ; eloping couple, party pursuing a | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagar(a)-wan- | pass ; win (as in a race) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| baramba- | pass on knowledge gained from forefathers ; knowledge (gained from forefathers), pass on | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wanygal | passing object ; passing shadow | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bungguhm, bungguhmbiny | passionfruit, wild ; wild passionfruit | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -lur(u), -lu | past ; finished action | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -dja | past tense (new analysis Sharpe) | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| gami | paternal grandmother ; grandmother, paternal ; grandmother (father's mother) | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| banbar | path ; road | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mahgim, mahginy | pattern used on weapons or on bodies as tribal identification at intertribal corroborees | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaring julba- | pay attention ; butt in on a conversation | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| gulalung | peach | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mulih | peak ; summit ; ridge ; spur (of hill) ; backbone | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buginbar | peak, a | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wabay | peep | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wuruhng | peep ; craning of neck | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wabal-gali | peeping Tom | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilbirin | peewee | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bimbim | peewee | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulam-bulam | peewee | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulin-bulihn | peewee | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jungahr | pelican | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jungar, jungur | pelican | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jungur | pelican | bird | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngadjang-nguhr | pelican | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yungar (?) | pelican | bird | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| warahn | pelvis | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dibili | penis | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jun.gar | penis | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jun | penis ; tail | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| madjir | perch | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngadjugam | perch, fresh-water | fish | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mugihm, mugim | perch, freshwater ; freshwater perch ; perch | fish | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| dabahngba- | percussive noise, make a ; noise, percussive, make a | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngalgir | perhaps | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngihmba | perhaps | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wawun | perhaps | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngara | perhaps ; I think | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wanyi | perhaps ; maybe ; possibly | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -n | permissive ; let (someone do it) | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -giny | person ; personaliser for non-human nouns | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nangany-giny | person fond of food ; food-lover | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihmbari | person from (of) where | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -bari | person from a named place ; born at, inhabitant of; added to place names | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyimbuny | person of importance ; standard character in stories and legends | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaringga | person on other side | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| numgir-ngihny | person unoccupied for the day | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahri-gali | person who dances or plays around ; dances or plays around, person who | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngudjal-gali | person who frequently seeks for spiritual experiences ; spiritual experiences, person who frequently seeks for | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nungam-gali | person who is constantly chewing | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yarbil-gali | person who likes to sing | people | Middle Clarence | [more] |
