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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| gandi- | take (Gn) | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyah-nyah-nyah! | take care ; be careful | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| garihma- | take care of ; care for | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| juhnba- | talk | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wulah | talk | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gurgunma- | talk (to someone) | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gurbun | talk ; talking | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gurgun.gali | talker ; talkative | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gurahna | tall (tree) | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| garahr | tall ; long | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| gurahr, guraleg | tall ; long | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngagam | tame dog ; dog (tame) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gidjihr | tan colour | colour | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bandji-, banydji- | tap ; hammer | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| narahmiri | tarantula spider ; spider, tarantula | All | [more] | ||
| magundja- | taste | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nahng | taste | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wagalgu | taste | food | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| biran-an.ga- | tattoo | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gibar, gibir | tawny colour | colour | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| junir-junir | tawny frogmouth ; frogmouth, tawny | bird | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bumbah, bumbay | taylor fish ; tailer fish ; poomboy fish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| balbul | tea tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulam | tea tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulam, bulambil | tea tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bulihm | tea tree | plant | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gunggayargah | tea tree ; ti tree | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulumga | tea tree ; ti tree | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gungguyar | tea tree species | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wudjur(u) | tea-tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buram yanbuhny | teacher of the law ; law, teacher of the | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyirgibay | teaching for initiation through First Rule of the tribal Law ; initiation through First Rule of the tribal Law, teaching for | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yagir | teak tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yaguri | teak tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gadjigan | teak tree ; tree, teak | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dibahl | team ; group | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dunmana- | tear | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| marba- | tear ; shred | food | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nulara | tears | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyalar | tears | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mulganma- | tease | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gindiny-gindihny | teasy ; fretful | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gindiny-gali (gindinygali) | teasy ; fretful person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaburay | teenage woman ; woman, teenage | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| galigir | teenage youth | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dirang, jirang | teeth | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jirang, dirang, diyang, jiyang (?) | teeth | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dirang giyuhmbiny | teeth 'on edge' | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gudja- | tell | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| binangma- | tell ; hear, make to ; answer | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wuhba- | tell ; order ; command | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gawarima- | tell ; relate | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nganydjar buhyi- | tell a lie ; lie | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nganydjarma- | tell a lie ; lie | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyalagingga- | tell a lie ; lie | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| budjaram gawari- | tell a story ; story, tell a | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budja- | tell lies ; gossip | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mindjima- | tell slander ; slander | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yumbir ma- | tell the truth | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguyma- | tell truth | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyula-nyula | telling lies ; lying | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wahwar | teredo worm ; worm, teredo | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jilil, jiyil | termite | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahgar | termite ; white ant ; ant, white | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jiyil, jilil | termite ; white ant ; ant, white | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buhl | testicles | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| manmuru | testicles | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -nyi | than ; for fear of ; fear of (for) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| gugundeh | that | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gundeh | that | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| maga | that | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| mahmu | that | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| munahmba | that | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| gila | that (distant) visible | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| munu | that (general area) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| male | that (near you, a little way off) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| mangga | that (Ny) ; there somewhere (M:Liv) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| mala, mamala, male (Wi), mali, mamali, male etc. (M) | that (one) ; he ; there | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| mamali | that (visible) | All | [more] | ||
| may | that ; there (?) | Middle Clarence | [more] |
