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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| yiruhl | All | [more] | |||
| yirdiny | bird | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yiriliny | bird | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yiririhny | bird (generic) | bird | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ying- | bite | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ying-, yingga-, yinga-, nyingga- | bite ; sting | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yinggan/yingun | bite, a | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yihdj ba- | breathe heavily | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yimbun | bulrush | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yirgah- | bump | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yirimbahm | cicada (generic) | insect | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yirimbam, biribirim, bilibirin | cicada ; locust, big ; locust | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yinanga | close (?) ; near (?) | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yihrbunggan | cousin, female | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yihrbung | cousin, male | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yinggan | cross ; angry | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yirbang (m), yirbanggan (f), gudjarang (m), gudjaranggan (f) | cross-cousin | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yirbul, yirbangdjar(gan) | cross-cousin | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yiralingah, yiralingahbiny | English (language) | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yirbung | father's sister's child ; mother's brother's child | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yiburuh | features ; face | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yigam | flesh ; meat (muscle or flesh) | food | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yinmir | forehead | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yirihnydjan | frog, trill of a | fr | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yihlama- | go where ; go whither | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yihdjang | grass | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yihdjanggam | grassy | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yirany, yurany | green snake ; snake, green ; whip snake ; snake, whip | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yiba- | hold ; hinder | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yindjagini- | how | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yindjagini- | how | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yindje gini- | how? | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yinda | I | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| yih | interjection, long-drawn-out | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yimar | kangaroo, female | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yihl | lazy | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yirihng | lazy ; slow | fr | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yinama- | leave ; depart | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yina- | lie down | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yina-, yinima-(?), yuna- | lie down | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yilal | light | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yilngan | liver | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yigi-yigi gimili- | look at someone face-to-face | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yirah gunggi- | look the opposite way | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yirahli | man, white ; white man | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yiyili- | meet together | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yirah | opposite direction | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yilngan bugal | pleased | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yirgihng | possum, male | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yiriging | possum, male grey | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yinama- | put down ; lie something down | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yihnang | reed ; reeds | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yigi | right ; level ; equal to | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yingir (yinggir?) | salt water ; water, salt | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yinyihnying | savage | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yilyalma- | sick, cause to be | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yirgahng, yilgahng | sister, female's younger | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yihrany, nyiring | snake, green ; snake, whip | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yiran | Snake, Green Tree ; Green Tree Snake | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yihmimi | soldier-bird | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yigar | solitary ; alone | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yili | some place ; in what place? | location | All | [more] | |
| yihba- | stick ; stuck, become ; catch (as clothes on thorn) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yilminy | switch, small ; flexible stick (small switch) | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yinang | toe ; toes | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yirihr | undergrowth ; trees, small | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yilen | very | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yindjahgan | when | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yindjahgan | when? | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yihny | where | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yila, yilah | where | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yila (Bj), yile (Ny), yili (M) | where (to), somewhere, in what place?, some place | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| yindji, windji (nydj) | where ; somewhere | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yilahgu | where ; where, to | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yindjagu, yindjigu (nydj) | where ; where, to | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yindjigahl, windjigahl (nydj) | where after | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yinyu | where are | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yindju | where are (with plural subjects) | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yindje | where at? | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yil- | where? | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
