Bundjalung Dictionary

Word List

Bundjalung	English	Category	Dialect
-dihnda-	carry ; take	bird	Middle Clarence		[more]
-gimbay	only	bird	Middle Clarence		[more]
bagawang	Cuckoo-Shrike, Little	bird	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bagu(h)m	owl	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
balin-balihn	minah, noisy; bird, soldier	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
balireh, biliran	cockatoo, black	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bamay yanbay	Australian Pipit ; Ground Lark	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
barbam	flock pigeon ; pigeon, flock-	bird	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
barbam, baruban, barbung	flock pigeon ; pigeon, flock-	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
baruban	flock pigeons ; pigeons, flock	bird	All		[more]
barwul, barawul	crane	bird	Lower Richmond		[more]
bidjar	feather	bird	Middle Clarence		[more]
bigargin	cormorant, big and black	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bigargin	black swan ; swan, black ; magpie goose	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bihm-bim	Noisy Miner ; Yellow-throated Miner ; Miner, Yellow-throated ; Miner, Noisy	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bihrin, birin	bird, any	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bihyin	fish-hawk, grey ; grey fish-hawk	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bilbirin	peewee	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bilin	feather	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bilin-bilin	king parrot ; parrot, king-	bird	Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bimbim	mutton bird	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bimbim	peewee	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
biyang-biyang	cuckoo, pallid ; pallid cuckoo ; storm-bird	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
biyargin	diver, black ; black diver	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
budjabuyay	swallow (bird)	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
budjay-budjay, budjabuyay	happy family birds ; swallow (bird) ; birds, happy family	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bugaw jabay	carrion eater ; eater of carrion	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
buhnbun-gay (?)	pheasant, wild	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs		[more]
bulam-bulam	peewee	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bulin-bulihn	peewee	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
buliya-buliya	birds, many little	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
buni-	do thoroughly	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
burbigul	wood duck ; duck, wood	bird	Lower Richmond		[more]
buruhlgan	curlew ; plover, stone ; stone plover	bird	All		[more]
buruwagan	plover, stone ; stone plover ; curlew	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
buwangan, buyargan	plover, stone ; stone plover ; curlew	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
buyuhlgan, buruhlgan, buruwagan(?)	curlew ; plover, stone ; stone plover	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dabe-dabehr	Spurwinged plover ; plover, Spurwinged	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
damgay	greedy (of birds and animals) (Gd) ; glutton (of birds and animals) (Gd)	bird	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
dangdang	diver, black and white	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dawdawgan	Dollar-bird	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
deber-debehr	plover	bird	Middle Clarence		[more]
dehriya, dehridjar	seagull	bird	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
derang	Cuckoo, channel-billed ; Channel-billed Cuckoo	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dibahl	team ; group	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
dibing	salt-water redbill ; redbill, salt-water	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dibir-dibehr, deber	plover	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dih-dih	land kingfisher ; kingfisher, land	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dihndin	soldier bird (Y:Sha:Culhm)	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
ding-ding	Sacred kingfisher ; kingfisher, Sacred	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ding-ding	water kingfisher ; kingfisher, water	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dingdingin	forest kingfisher ; kingfisher, forest	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dirbihny	Cupid bird	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
direhng	storm bird, big	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
diyung	Grey Shrike-Thrush ; Strike-Thrush, Grey	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
duhgam (durgam?)	snipe	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dulba-	jump (M)	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
duli (duleh?)	swan	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
duluhbir	quail	bird	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
dulum	bowerbird	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dulung, dulum	quail	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dum-dum	pardalote bird	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
dumdumgan	chip chip bird ; bird, chip chip	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
durgal	dirty	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
duriyang	Channelbill cuckoo (Gd) ; cuckoo, channelbill (Gd) ; storm bird hen (Wa)	bird	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
durwali (?)	snipe	bird	Lower Richmond		[more]
gabagah	pigeon, small green	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gabudjah, gubudji	pigeon, brown	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gabuga	pigeon, small green ; green pigeon, small	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gagaru, gagurim, gahgun, gargugan	kookaburra	bird	All		[more]
gagurim	kookaburra	bird	All		[more]
gahgun	Kookaburra, Laughing	bird	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gahgun, gagaru, gagurim, gargugan	kookaburra	bird	Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gahr	black cockatoo ; cockatoo, black	bird	Lower Richmond		[more]
gahrang	strong	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gahrgar	hawk species	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
galamarin	magpie	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
galanbany	sparrowhawk	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
galba	relics ; remains	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
galbil	wild pheasant ; pheasant, wild	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]

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