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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| yuhnungbihny | antbed | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yuramgan, yuran.gan | baby | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yung | bark (of dog, dingo) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yung ba- | bark ; yelp | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yugam yarany | beardless | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yuwang | body | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yuragahr | bowels | body_part | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| yugi- | burn ; burnt, get ; burning, be | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yulgul | canoe ; boat | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yurihn.gali | catfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yuhnggun | cod | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yunggahn | cod | fish | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yuwahr | corroboree ; corroboree song | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yurbul | cousin | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yuhban | dead | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yuban, yubany | dead | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| yubanwen- | die | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yurginy | dingo ; dog, wild | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yugaw | disappearing | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yuruni- | do separately | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yugam | don't know | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| yungan, yun.gan | dugong | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yuruhl | eel | fish | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yuhnggan | emmets | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yu | exclamation ; warning of sudden danger ; danger (sudden), warning of | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yugam garal | few (not many) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yuguwa-, yuguwi- | finish | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| yuranggay | five | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| yunbar | fly | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yuhlu | fragrance | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yuwa- | give | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuriyili- | go alone | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuruwa- | go away | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuru | good ; nice ; pleasant ; beautiful | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yungan | hiccup, a ; belch, a | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yuriyi- (?) | hot ; heat | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuriyilima- | interrupt | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuluhmany | kidney | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yuwahn | kind ; good-natured | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yulanyma-, yalanyma- | kiss | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yunamandi- | leave behind | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yundahr ma- | lengthen ; spin out | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yuna- | lie down ; sleep ; camp ; stay | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuwiny, yuwihngbil | Mahogany, White | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yunga- | make | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yunama- | make lie down ; put down ; put, to ; place, to | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuri | meat | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yuybandi- | move ; shift ; change residence | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuhdji- | move away | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yugira- | move away | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yudji- | move oneself | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yugir | mussel ; pipis ; ugarie ; eugarie | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yugam, yugum | no | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yugambeh | no | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yugumbi | no (Gn) | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yugumbe | no ; none | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yugam, yugambe | no ; not | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| yugam, yagam, jugam, yugam(beh) | no ; not | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yugul | paper wasp nest ; nest, paper wasp | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yungar (?) | pelican | bird | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| yubay | personal name | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yulan(?) | sap | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yugari | shell | fish | All | [more] | |
| yugima- | shove | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yulany bura- | skin an animal ; joke about ; ridicule | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yulahny | skin, human ; human skin | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yuna-ngurahm | sleep ; lie asleep | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yuhgur | soon ; by-and-by ; later | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yuh | soon ; later ; later on ; by and by | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yugay | swamp fern, root of ; root of swamp fern | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yubahn | swamp reed ; reed, swamp- | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yumbir ma- | tell the truth | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yulamang | they | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yuru-gali | ugly man | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yugirbah | Ukerabagh (nature reserve) | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yuwung | wail, a | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuhgurga- | wait ; await | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yuhn | where | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yugalbinygan | wife | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yurahr | wings ; winged | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
