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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -dje | while ; when | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -gan | time suffix | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bahny | today | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bami | right now | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bangubu | tomorrow | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barabang | day ; daybreak ; dawn | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bargan, baragan, bargahny | day | time | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bayahny | now ; today ; today still | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bayahny, barahny, bahny | today ; right away ; now | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bayahnydja | young ; new ; recent (of today or present) | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bayahnydjang | now ; just now ; immediately | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bindji, bindja | after ; behind | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buban.gan | summer | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| budjarah, budjarahbu | morning | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjaru-budjaru | daybreak | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjur-budjur | daybreak | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjurbu | early | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buruhgan | warm season | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| danggahl | day | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dihlbi | dawn ; daybreak | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dihlbi-dihlbi | dawn, very early | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dubin | night | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dubin | today | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gahbagan | that time ; time, that | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gahnyibu ngubu | yesterday | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| garambah | midday | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| garambay, garambah | midday | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gili | today | time | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| guba | by-and-by | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| guban.gang | soon ; by-and-by | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gubandjahy | little while, a ; short time | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gulgilngahgu | midnight | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gunahgan | this time | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gundehgal | afterwards ; after that | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gundehgal | then | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gurihbu | long time ago | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gurihny | long time ago, very ; very long time ago | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gurila(h)bu, girubu, gurabu | long ago | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| guriyahbu | long ago | time | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gurubu | long ago, within the speaker's lifetime ; long ago | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| guyguy | long time | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jahnyngil | time, in the nick of | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jubunydjahbu | early ; morning daybreak to noon | time | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| juwang | midnight | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| juwangah | midnight | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mulagan | morning (Gd) ; dawn (Wa) ; early morning ; morning star ; morning, early ; star, morning | time | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mulagan, mulaga | morning, (this) | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mulagan-mulagan | dawn ; daybreak | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mulayang | again | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mulgan | dawn | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mumugahy | sometimes ; often | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nalu | dark ; night ; midnight | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngahguny | night | time | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngalu, ngalu(h) | dark ; night(time) (Gn) ; night ; darkness | time | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngandir | night ; dark ; black | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihr gawahny | seasonal change | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihrgawany | spring (season) | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubar-ngubar | daily ; every day | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubu | yesterday ; tomorrow ; one day away (past or future) | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubu warbu | yesterday | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngububu | yesterday | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubudjang | tomorrow | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubugan | one day away (past or future) | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuh gunah | yesterday | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuhwar | two days away ; day after tomorrow ; day before yesterday | time | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguburahbu | yesterday | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuwardjang | day after tomorrow | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhn.gu | summer | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngularun | night | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngulung, ngulungmay | first ; foremost ; before ; in front ; soon ; later on | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulung-djahng | right now ; straight away | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulunggu | soon ; pretty soon | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngulungmay | by-and-by ; soon ; directly | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulungmay, ngulung | soon ; later on | time | All | [more] | |
| numgir-gali, numgirgam | early | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| numgirbu | daily ; every day | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| numgur (namgar, namgur?) | day | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nyamal | often | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyangga, nyanggar | sun ; day | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyangga-bahn.gan | sunrise | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
