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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| wahngmalihginy(gan) | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wangma- | All | [more] | |||
| wayri ngulungargin | 'king' of a tribe | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| way | above | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| waru-waruhy | across | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wanar(a) | anger | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| walang | ant-hill | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wangany | armpit | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wamginy | arrive | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wagar | axe ; axe, small ; tomahawk | artifact | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wande | backside | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wahrang | bad ; wicked ; cross | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wangba- | bark (of dog ; dingo) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wangbal | bark of dog or dingo | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wan-, wana-, wara- | be ; become | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wan.ga- | be ; do | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| -wan | become ; be | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wan.gar | bee ; honey | insect | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| waygargah | beech tree | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| warahy-warahy | beer | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wayrabu | before ; previously | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wayan-gubi/wahn-gubi | belt, a | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wahr | beware | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wa! | beware, watch out! | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wagay-wagay | bird, redhead (Y:Alln) ; redhead bird (Y:Alln) ; Swamp-hen, Eastern | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wamban | bird, satin ; satin bird | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wandjigur | blanket | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wanggay | blunt | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| waran | boomerang, fighting ; fighting boomerang | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wandaril | bora ground (?) | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wandahral | bora ring | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wandahrilbi | bora ring | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wamginy- | bring | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -wahr | but | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahra- | carry ; take | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| warihnggal | caterpillar species | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| waringihn | Caterpillar, Processionary | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wagany | catfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| waybarma- | cause or make a fire | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wadjih-gali | chatterbox | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| walmir | chest | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wahgaru (wuguru) | chilly | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wang(g)ang (?), wung(g)ung | clay | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| warima | clever man ; man, clever | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wandi- | climb ; ascend ; go up | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wayilany | Cockatoo, Black (glossy) ; Black Cockatoo (glossy) | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wayileh(r) | cockatoo, black ; black cockatoo | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wayilahr | Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black ; Black Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed | bird | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| waring, waring(gal) | cold ; cool ; freezing ; winter | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| waringginy | cold season ; winter | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| waringgalwan- | cold, have a ; coryza, have | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wamginy + -an.ga- | come | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wamginy, wambin- | come | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wandany | conceited person ; show-off | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -wa | continuous action ; repetitive action | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| waguya, waguyiya | corroboree, type of | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| walanggi- | crawl | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wargun | crooked | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wayway | crooked ; zigzag | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| walam | cunjevoi plant | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| warimay | cyclone ; storm, severe | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wangalbang | deaf | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wangalgir | deaf | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wangal, wangam | deaf ; unhearing | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wanggur | deaf, (physically) | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| warbi, warbigan | dillybag | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| walany | disappearance | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wangal | disobedient | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| warahyma- | do for a long time ; long, make ; drawn-out, make | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wadjahbin | dog | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wanah | don't ; leave off | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wari-wari | duck, diver- ; diver-duck ; darter (?) | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -war | emphatic particle | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -way | emphatic particle | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wadji-wadji- | encourage | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wayan.gari | Ettrick clan name | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wahlu | Ettrick clan name ; clan name at Ettrick | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wa, a | exclamation of surprise | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wadjeru, wadjir | fat | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wamin | fat | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
