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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -may | only | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| badjahng | Possum, Ring-tailed ; Ring-Tailed Possum | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bahmul | rat-kangaroo ; kangaroo, rat- | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bahndum(?) | wallaby, scrub | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bahy | rat-kangaroo, Rufous (Gd) ; kangaroo rat | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| balang | kangaroo skin | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bandjim(gan) | native cat ; cat, native | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bandjim, banydjim | wild cat ; native cat ; cat (native or wild) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bandjur(ah) | koala | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bandurbah | koala | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bangba- | bark (of dog) | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bariyahnbe | mythological dog, name of a | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bawgala- (?) | like | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigba- | bark (dog) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigba-, bawgbal | dog's bark ; bark of a dog | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilang-duwahny | bandicoot, large species of | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilbi | bandicoot, long-nosed | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bilihng | Glider, Feather-tailed ; Feather-tailed Glider | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilihny | bat (generic) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| biling | bat | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilirgan (bilergan?) | cockatoo, black with yellow tail | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bimbar | quill of an echidna ; echidna quill | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bing-bing | pig | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| birwa- | strip (bark off tree ; etc.) | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| budjigan, budjagan | pussy (cat from English) ; cat (from English, pussy cat) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| budjigehn | cat, tame ; cat, domestic | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bulaganmihr | you all | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bulgun | wallaby | animal | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bumbumgan | light weight | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| burbi | koala | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dabahy | dog, tame ; dog | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dabay, dabahy, dabari | dog, tame | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dalangehny (Wa), dalangihny (Gd) | Grey-faced wallaby ; wallaby, Grey-faced | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dundanngahw | black possum, female ; possum, black (female) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dunggir | koala | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| durang | bandicoot, Barred ; Barred bandicoot ; bandicoot, small species of | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gagu(h)r | porcupine ; echidna | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gahbir, gahbabir | gazelle, female | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gahr, gara | fur | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gahrbarbu-, gahrbabuli- | trot | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| galagay | grey kangaroo rat ; kangaroo rat, grey | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gamaw | kangaroo, female ; female kangaroo | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ganam | Black possum ; possum, black | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gandur | kangaroo rat | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ganggal-gali | bull | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ganggar-gali | bull | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ganggehng-ba- | yelp | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ganggehngbay | yelp | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gari, giri | pademelon ; wallaby, type of | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| garil | scrub wallaby, female ; red-necked pademelon ; pademelon, red-necked ; small scrub wallaby ; scrub wallaby, small ; wallaby, scrub (small) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| garimanday | flying fox's wing | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| garindi | female kangaroo (Gn) ; kangaroo, female (Gn) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| garu | wallaby, scrub ; scrub wallaby | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gawanyah | cattle | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gaya-, gayi- | chase ; hunt ; drive (animals) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gayir | hair of possum ; possum hair | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gidjang | possum camp | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gihdjay | possum-skin ; skin of possum | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gihrang | flying fox ; fruit bat ; bat, fruit ; fox, flying | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gimang | Brown Rat-Kangaroo ; Rat-Kangaroo, Brown | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| giraman | flying fox ; fruit bat ; bat, fruit | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| girang, girung | flying fox ; fruit bat ; bat, fruit | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| girbahm | kangaroo, scrub ; wallaby, rock ; scrub kangaroo ; rock wallaby | animal | Lower Richmond, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| girbam | Pademelon species (Gd) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| girbin | wallaby, scrub ; scrub wallaby | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| giri | pademelon | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| girihban, girihwan | wallaby, red river | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| girman | flying fox | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| giyal-giyalgan | shrew, female | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| giyal-giyangan (?) | shrew, male | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gubi (?) | possum | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gudjahm | rat | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gudjim | wild game ; game, wild ; native animals ; animals, native ; bush food ; food, bush ; bush food animals | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gudjim | wallaby | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gugahn | possum | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gugar | baby ; young bird or animal | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| guhnyah (?) | bullock | animal | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| gula | koala | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gulambi | wallaby ; kangaroo ; wallaby, scrub (Wa) ; scrub wallaby (Wa) | animal | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gulan | possum (Gn) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
