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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| yahng ba- | abuse verbally ; verbally abuse | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yandihndi- | accompany ; go with ; take along | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yawunwan- | afternoon, become ; late, become | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yawundah | afternoon, in the | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yaburuhma | always | All | [more] | ||
| yaburuhma- | always doing | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yagay ba- | ask someone something | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yangmal | bad swearing ; swearing, bad | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| yaguy, yagihl, yawgu, yaguny | bandicoot | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yaguy | bandicoot ; kangaroo rat ; rat, kangaroo | animal | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yarany, jarany, yariny | beard | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yarany-djam | beardless | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -yan | become ; be | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yargehnywan- | become thin | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yala, yela | bee | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yale | bee | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yahndin | beetles | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yalurgul (?) | Big Burleigh | location | All | [more] | |
| yaragan | bone | body_part | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| yanangga | boy | people | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| yangani- | bring ; fetch | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yanganibuli-, yanganiburi- | bring ; fetch | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yangini- | bring ; fetch | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yang yanihndi- | bring here | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yanganda- | bring here | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yanihndi- | bring, to ; take, to | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yarwandina | bullock | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yahdj | catbird (Y:Hanln) ; satin bowerbird (Ngr:Gresty) ; rifle bird ; bowerbird, satin (Ngr:Gresty) | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yanbihnyma- | cause to go ; make (someone) go | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahngba- | chase away | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yarany | chin | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yangguwa- | come | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yangguwa-, yangguwaba- | come | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yanggiwa-, yan.giwa- | come ; come back ; come this way | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yangbu | come back | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yanggiwa- | come this way | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yangwen- | come towards the speaker | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yagah- | construct ; fix ; repair | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yawahr | corroboree ; corroboree song | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yangil | creek, small | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yawahr ngahri- | dance a corroboree | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yardjar | diarrhoea | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yagambehwen- | disappear | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yaburma- | do once | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yawun-yawuhn | dusk | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yagu(n)y | Eastern Bandicoot ; bandicoot, large species of | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yawun-yawun | evening (just dark) | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yanbula | fish (?) | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yaruh-yaruh(li)- | flee (in panic) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yaruh-, yaruhli- | fly ; fly away ; creep ; swim | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yagara- | follow something ; pursue | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yaruwa (?) | foot | body_part | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| yamundawi | foot (?) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yalabung | free, without any commitments | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -yahgan | get, to | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yanyan.gahla | ghosts | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yahgari | girl | people | All | [more] | |
| yanmali- | go | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yan-, yana-, yan.ga-, yanba- | go ; go away ; travel ; walk | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yan-, yana-, yanba-, yan.ga- | go ; walk | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| yan-, yana-, yan.ga- | go, walk | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yawgar | goanna | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yawgar, yawgargin(y) | goanna | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yanbay | going ; walk ; visitor (Wa) ; traveller (Gd) | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yalbur(u) | happy ; contented | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yahgi- | help ; assist | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yang! | here! ; lo! | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yamba | home | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yalgan | Honeyeater, Regent ; Regent Honeyeater | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yahwgal | hornet species | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yahwul | hornet, small ; wasp, small | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yaraman, yaramahn, yaramang | horse | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yahr gahnga- | imitate ; copy | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahrma- | imitate ; copy | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahr | imitation ; copy | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yang | in this direction ; here | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yah | is that so? | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yabara | kurrajong | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yagihr | lean ; poor (of season) | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yarang, yarar | leg | body_part | Middle Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] |
