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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -bi | subjunctive enclitic ; verbal noun enclitic | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| babulung | pipe (for smoking) ; tobacco pipe | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bagah | shield | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagul | bark (of tree) (Gd) ; canoe ; boat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bambam | paint | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ban.gin | humpy made from grass ; grass humpy | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ban.giny | grass shelter ; shelter (made from grass) | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bandahn | tomahawk ; axe, stone ; axe, small ; rock ; stone for tomahawk ; stones | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bangan | drum | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| banggu | money | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| banggu | shield ; tree from which shields are made | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| barahng | dress, (ladies') | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bargahn-bur | boomerang, toy | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barginy | camp | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barung | boomerang, non-returning | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barung(bah) | boomerang, large (Tw:Bray:Sc) | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bawurdjin | hat | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| behng | bag | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| beyang, behng | bag | artifact | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bidjang dudjahn | ship(?) | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bidjun | spear | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bigi | coolamon | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| biguhng | sling for carrying babies | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bihbar | book ; letter ; paper ; newspaper | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilahr | spear, light wooden | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilguruhng | skewer ; thin straight stick used to pin together the edges of the slit made in order to gut an animal prior to cooking | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bimbar | comb | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bin.ga | hat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bin.geh | hat | artifact | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| binda- | make a net ; net, make a | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bindan | dilly bag of split grass | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biny | house | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| birahla | reed-spear | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| birbun | paddle | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bugur | rope ; string ; fishing line | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugurahn | object tied to some other thing | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buhr(?) | bora | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bulbing | drum ; skin stuffed with grass and beaten with the hand | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bulibiny | tomahawk, stone ; stone tomahawk | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bumbil | stick used for carrying a corpse for burial ; burial, stick used for carrying a corpse for | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bunahn | pole | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bunambil | boot | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bunbeh, bunbi | bag of split grass | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| burahng(djin) | dress | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| burangdjin | dress ; clothes | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| burbam | raft | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dili, jila | dilly bag made of swamp rushes | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dindihdj | dish | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dugul-duguhl | dilly-bag | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dugurgan | bag, man's | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| duhn | belongings of deceased person | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| duluhlbi | gun ; rifle ; firearm | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| duluhwa- | go down (M) | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dululbay, duluhlbay | rattling or echoing noise ; noise, rattling ; noise, echoing | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dululbi, dulubi, dulul | gun | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| duwalihgu | spade | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ga(h)ngilimay | concertina ; accordion | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gabir | nulla nulla | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gahngilimay | concertina ; accordion | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| galam | paint | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| galay | net bag | artifact | All | [more] | |
| galbili | bed | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| galgalihgu | knife | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| galgalihgubih | axe ; axeman | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| galgar, galgir | canoe ; boat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| galgari(h)(l) | necklace made of grass beads ; grass bead necklace | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| galgir | canoe ; boat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| galgirma- | make a canoe ; take in canoe ; canoe | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| galgur(u) | woman's fighting stick ; stick, woman's fighting | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gamay-djang | big ; plenty | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ganay | yamstick ; digging stick ; woomera ; throwing-stick | artifact | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ganay, ganaybah (ganahy?) | digging stick ; yamstick ; ironbark spear ; spear, ironbark | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gandah | small | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gandili- | rest one's head on something | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gandul | canoe ; boat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gandul-gubih | rowlocks | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gangay | spear | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ganilihgu | string ; rope | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ganngal | valuable thing | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gargahn, garguhn | belt (of net-work) | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
