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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -way | emphatic particle | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ba- | say ; utter ; tell | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| babarah | God | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bahm yanbay | totem | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| balang | man, small and active, standard character in Bundjalung stories ; standard character in Bundjalung stories | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| balugahn | handsome ; handsome man, spirit, ghost ; handsome man ; Balugahn | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bamu! | well! | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bandjalang | Bundjalung language or dialect ; person of Bundjalung speaking group | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| berang, berung | Berrung | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| binangma- | tell ; hear, make to ; answer | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biran-an.ga- | tattoo | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| birang | ritual scars on back | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| birihn | Birihn, name of Bundjalung dialect spoken around Rappville ; Rappville Bundjalung dialect name | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| birihnbal | language spoken about Tweed Heads ; Tweed Heads, language spoken about | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| budja- | tell lies ; gossip | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjaram | story ; myth ; legend ; sacred thing | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjaram gawari- | tell a story ; story, tell a | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjarbalahgan | spirit-being (female) | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buhbarah | up in the air ; heaven | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buhl | bora ground ; Bora Ring ; ring ; corroboree ground ; circle (for initiation) | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bumahla-ngahrilihgu | corroboree | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bunyugah- | discuss ; talk about | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| burmay | initiation ceremony (?) ; ceremony of initiation (?) | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buwul, buhl | bora ring ; ring | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buyahy | news ; message | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buyay | message ; news | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buyuhny | spirit-being, male, one kind of | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buyuny | giant ; God ; father | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dagahral | ghost, bad | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dagaybiny | ghost, male | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dawargan, dawaragan | dead woman ; ghost, female | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dinggabal | Dinggabal dialect ; dialect, Dinggabal | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dirahnggan | evil kind of female spirit-being ; spirit-being (female), evil kind of | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dugunda(h) | God | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dundul | news, second-hand ; gossip | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dunggaliba (?) | name of the language ; language, name of | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| duwalibih | bora ground | language | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| gabang | bora ground | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gagum | fun ; joke | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| galabal | Galabal | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| galabal | language name Galabal ; Galabal, language name | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| galgalimay | music | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| galibal | Galibal | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ganar | tribal battle ; war ; battle ; fight ; fight with spears | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gandang | tribal name | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gandji-, gandjili-, ganydji(li)- | to get married | language | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| gandjili- | married, be | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gandjili-, ganydjili- | marry ; married, be | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gangga- | call ; call out ; sing out ; call to ; shout at ; make noise ; rumble (of thunder) | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ganggal | shout, a ; calling out, a | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ganggehny | time of woman's purification after child-birth | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| garbahn | exchange of favours ; gifts | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gargin | hole through which departed spirits are said to pass to reach the spirit home | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gawarima | story ; tale | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gawarima- | tell ; relate | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gawunggan | Gaunggan, standard female character in Bundjalung stories and legends ; Gaunggan, one type of female spirit-being ; female spirit-being, one type of ; Bundjalung stories and legends, standard femal | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gayugul | Lismore clan name | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gibar | ceremony of man-making ; kippar initiated male ; male, kippar initiated ; man-making, ceremony of | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gidja | this/that is the way it happened ; introducer ; narrative marker | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gidja- | say ; tell | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gidjabal | Gidabal or Githebul dialect | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| giga- | speak (Gn) | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gigilahgu | over there | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gihya- | speak ; talk ; say ; talk to | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gila | that (distant) visible | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gimang | ghost ; demon | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gimul | ghost | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gina- | say | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| giran | Mommom's corroboree | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| giribal | song and corroboree (traditional), one type of | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| girihny, girahny | corroboree type | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| giya- | speak ; talk ; ask ; tell | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| guba-wahgay | ghosts | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gudja- | tell | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gudjaran | jonjarri (little hairy man) ; hairyman, little | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gudjurma- | joke | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gulgun | language ; word ; noise | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gulum | new name given to a man when one of the same name has died ; name (new) given to a man when one of the same name has died | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gulumgan | name, new, given to a woman when one of the same name has died ; new name given to a woman when one of the same name has died | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gunbunda- (gunbunden) | praise | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
