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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -(y)agan | after (running after?) | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| -ba | place of | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -bara | from ; person from | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| -barnu | from | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| -bi | in ; at ; on | location | All | [more] | |
| -dah | in ; at ; on ; locative case | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -Di | in ; at ; on ; past locative case | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -Di | in ; at ; on ; past locative case | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -dja | ground suffix ; place suffix | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -dja(h) | locative suffix | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -dji | in ; at ; on ; locative past case | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -ga(h) | locative suffix for words ending in /g/ | location | All | [more] | |
| -ge | locative non-present time after words ending in /ng/ | location | All | [more] | |
| -gi(h) | in ; at ; on ; locative non-present time | location | All | [more] | |
| -gundahy | adjective suffix | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -ma | in | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -may | near ; vicinity | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| babar | above ; up there ; top ; up ; upwards ; north ; over there ; sky | location | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| badja-badjar | face to face | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| baga-bagah | Mt Barney | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagar | beyond | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagar | over there ; distant ; far side | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagardjahng | further ; over there | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bagul | Bagulni | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bahm | halfway ; half | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bahmadja | over there ; yonder | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bala, balay, bala(y) | underneath ; under ; below ; bottom ; base | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| balahng | Castle Mountain | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bale | beneath ; lower surface | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| balgabari | Albert River, dialect group ; Albert River, specific place on | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| baluna | where the river enters the sea ; Ballina | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bamgahmba | Mud Island | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ban.ginbany | Cleveland | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bangbang | McPherson Range (at the Border Gate, Lindesay Hwy) | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| banggi | campsite (old people's) at Geseys Hill ; cemetery and campsite at Geseys Hill | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| baramba | Baramba Creek ; Cherbourg (Qld) | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| barungbah | Burringbah | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bawur-biriny | Rocky River, name of place on the | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| behbihl | Drake | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bigargah | Loder's Creek | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bihny | behind | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilahywul | Wardell | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bilinahdjil | parrot place | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilinuba, bilinuhba | place of parrots ; parrot place | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bimbul bibu | Pine Mountain | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bin.gindjur | place name | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| birihn | Yamba ; Maclean | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| birihn (berin?) | south ; south people | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| birihn (berin?) | south ; south people ; Birihn tribe/group (Holmer) | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| birihnbar | Birinburra clan, at head of Nerang River ; Nerang River, Birinburra clan at head of | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjurguhmu | Mt Barney | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjurngu | Mt Barney | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buhnyi | Bunya Mountains | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bulalugang(?), bulalagany | Boolologung | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulun | inside | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bumbay, bumbuy | ahead ; straight | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bunaw(gan), bunawah | place where bloodwood trees grow, bloodwood tree place | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bundagahl | close ; near | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bundagahli- | approach | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bunihnyba | Fingal Head ; Pooningbahooningbah or Fingal Head | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buram | out of way ; behind ; outside ; back ; rear | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| burang | Boorong | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| burigali | Pretty Gully | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dalabadjari | place name | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dalgayga- | dry | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dam birihn | Tamborine | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| damgay | Tomki | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dandi- | cuddle ; embrace | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dandurma- | make strong ; make hard | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| darubi (barubi?) | Daroby | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| deranora | Terranora | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dilaman | Telemon | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dilany | outside | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dirahnggan | name of place on a hill where spirit woman lives, and where no-one may go | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| diranybah | Turranbar | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dugambaram | honeycomb ; Rocky Point at mouth of Logan River | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dugan | up ; west | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dugandan | Dugandan | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dugirinba | Lismore | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dugun | above ; on top ; sky | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
