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: English
All dialects
| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| junggan | sacred song ; song, sacred | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| juhrdjiran.gay | sad ; sorry | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jubung | saliva | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| warehny | saliva ; froth ; foam | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| giyay | salt | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jalwan | salt ; salty ; saline | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| birin, biren | salt water | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yingir (yinggir?) | salt water ; water, salt | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dibing | salt-water redbill ; redbill, salt-water | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| binggiribah | saltwater crossing | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jigir | salty | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jamigam | salty water ; water, salty | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yaburbu | same ; similar ; equal | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yahrang | sand | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yarang | sand | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yarung, yarang | sand ; beach | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| guygum | sand ; salt | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gulgam, guygam | sand ; sandhill | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| guygam, gulgam | sand ; sandhill | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jaliny | sandbury bush | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ginyin, ginin | sandfly | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| giyuhm | sandstone | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| giyuhmbiny | sandstony place | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| guygumbil | sandy | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mangar-bah | sandy point extending into the sea ; sea, sandy point extending into the | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buh-buh | sap | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mehl | sap | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngang(g)arih | sap | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yulan(?) | sap | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jangahn | sap ; resin | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jali bidjangahn | sapling | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bay-bay | sappy, of a tree when the sap is up | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| garamgal, garamgalgah | satin wood tree (GC:Talleb) ; redheart tree; Boomerang tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wuhlilwen- | satisfied, be (of hunger) | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yinyihnying | savage | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yawahrgur | saw (for cutting) | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| baral | sawfish ; swordfish ; fish, sword ; fish, saw | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gina- | say | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ayba- | say 'ei!' ; exclaim in surprise ; surprise exclamation | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguyayma- | say (something) ; speak (a language) ; talk | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gidja- | say ; tell | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wayi- | say ; tell | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wihya- | say ; tell ; speak (to) ; talk (to) | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ba- | say ; utter ; tell | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyangba- | say what ; say something ; what (do you) call | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nirim | scab ; scaly patch on skin | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mih gawari- | scan the surroundings ; run eyes over | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mindjimay | scandal ; slander | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bulagahlan, bulanggahlan | scarce | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bilay | scattered | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ginbam | schnapper | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| sguhl | school | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| julur | scorpion | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wadjam (waram?) | scorpion | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| galany yanbay | scout ; person sent to examine the food situation in an area and report back | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jarwa- | scrape ; carve ; trim ; sharpen ; clean (of fish) | food | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jinda- | scrape the quills from an echidna ; echidna, scrape the quills from | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| walga | scratch marks left by possum on tree ; possum scratch marks on tree | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| manda- | scratch or scrape (the skin) ; pinch ; dig out ; root out | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dilil ba- | scratching noise, to make | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yerehng ba- | scream | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yerehng, yarehngbal | scream, a | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bugandar | scrotum | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| junbar guwil | scrub | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gulan (?) | scrub (bush, forest) | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| minin | scrub chicken ; Chowchilla | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| baramban | scrub tick ; tick, scrub | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gulany | scrub tick ; tick, scrub | insect | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| meri | scrub vine for climbing | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wagay | scrub vines ; vines, scrub | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabum | scrub wallaby ; wallaby, scrub | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| garil | scrub wallaby, female ; red-necked pademelon ; pademelon, red-necked ; small scrub wallaby ; scrub wallaby, small ; wallaby, scrub (small) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gaban, gabawin, gabany | scrub, thick ; jungle ; rain forest | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| juruhybil | scrub, thick with entangled vines | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngirigahn | scruffy ; untidy looking person ; scruffy looking person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jarar-jarar | scurrying ; always hurrying | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| burgar, burugar | sea | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| burugar | sea ; beach ; coast | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| winday | sea beach | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gawgam (?) | sea beach ; beach, sea | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
