Bundjalung Dictionary

Word List

Bundjalung	English	Category	Dialect
baygal	man, dark-skinned of any race ; Aboriginal ; Aboriginal people	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs	Listen	[more]
baygal	man ; person ; adult	people	Middle Clarence	Listen	[more]
-bany	father	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
-bari	person from a named place ; born at, inhabitant of; added to place names	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
-gali	typified by ; fond of	people	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
-ging	mother (?)	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
baba	father	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
babang	father ; father's brother ; uncle (paternal)	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
babang	light (in weight)	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
badjgul	joking liar (one who tells lies for a joke)	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
baganggah	Boggangar clan	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bagil, bangin	man 40-50 years old ; 40-50 year old man	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bahbany, bahbuny	grandmother ; mother's mother ; mother's sister ; granddaughter ; grandchild	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bahbanydjargan	granddaughter ; mother's mother ; grandmother (maternal)	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bahndjam	woman???s name ; name of a woman	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bala	fellow	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
balabaleh	helpful person	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
baling	young man ; man, young	people	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
balinggal	new	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
balugahn, balugan	handsome man ; man, handsome	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
balun, balungay	boy	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bamay-djahli	plain-dwellers	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
banahm	brother, female's; brother, male's younger	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
banahmdjar	cousin	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
banang	all ; mob	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bandjadjagan	wife ; wife's sister ; sister-in-law (wife???s sister)	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bandjuhr	policeman	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bangin	middle-aged man (40-50 years) ; man (middle-aged) (40-50 years)	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
banibeh, banidja	sweetheart	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
banibihnygan, banidjargan	wife	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
banidjar	husband ; wife ; spouse	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
banidjar, banidjang	husband	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
bany.gahy	stalker ; one in the act of stalking	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
banyahrgan	handsome woman ; pretty (woman) ; woman, handsome	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
barahrgirdjahn	son, youngest	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
barambuhny	bold (very), person	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
baray-gir	child, youngest of a family	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
baridjang	nephew (man's sister's child) ; man's sister's child (nephew)	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bawdjiman	postman	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bawul	intelligent fellow ; smart bloke	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
baygalahdjang	fully grown man ; man, fully grown	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bidjang (Wi), biyang (M, Ng)	father	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence		[more]
bigabin	self ; oneself ; person without male companionship	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bihbi	baby	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bihwany	one who avoids another ; avoider (of another person)	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bihyan	personal name	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
biyang	father ; father's brother ; uncle (father???s brother)	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
biyang, bidjang, biyul	father ; father's brother ; uncle (father???s brother)	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
biyany	father	people	Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence		[more]
biyul	father	people	All		[more]
budjahng	stepchild	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
budjalgan	handsome woman ; woman, handsome	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
budjaragan	young woman ; woman, young	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bugahygan	daughter-in-law	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bugay (bagay?)	wife's mother ; mother-in-law (man???s)	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bugur	clever ; clever man	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
buguy	father-in-law	people	Middle Clarence, Copmanhurs		[more]
buguydjargan, buguygirgan	parent-in-law	people	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
buhrdjam	man's sister's son ; nephew (man's sister's son)	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
bulah	two ; both	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bulahnday	twins	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bulam	Bulum	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bulanday(gan)	twins	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bumilih-nginy	fighter	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
bundjin	thin	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
buram yanbuhny	teacher of the law ; law, teacher of the	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
burgal	widower	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
burguhn	widower	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
buridjam	nephew	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
buridjamgan	niece	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
burihgam	man's wife's brother's son ; nephew-in-law (son of a man's wife's brother)	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
dagarigay (m), dagarigaygan (f)	white man ; white woman ; man, white ; woman, white	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dagay milbir (?)	white woman ; woman, white	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dagayu, dagayiyu	white man ; man, white	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dahgarah(?)	alone	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dahri	father	people	Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence		[more]
dalgaybar	Nerang tribe	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dandahygam	old man ; elder ; man, old	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
danigam	old man ; man, old	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
dayalgam	chief (in fighting)	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]

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