Bundjalung Dictionary

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Muurrbay plans to conduct workshops around Bundjalung-Yugambeh country to help people use this online dictionary. It is a work in progress so your feedback is important to us. Please read the instructions by following the "more" button below.

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Bundjalung English Category Dialect
duluhbir quail bird Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
dulung, dulum quail bird Gold Coast Tweed [more]
garahr quantities of small stones lying on the beach ; small stones, quantities of lying on the beach natural_environment Gold Coast Tweed [more]
guwinyalin Queensland location Lower Richmond [more]
gumbar, gambar Queensland Nut tree ; Macadamia plant Gold Coast Tweed [more]
ngalaway question Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
wurinda (?) quick Gold Coast Tweed [more]
guginy, wuginy quick Gold Coast Tweed [more]
gahdjam quick natural_environment Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
jamgal quick ; fast Middle Clarence [more]
ngabar quick ; fast ; often ; quickly Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
ngal quickly location Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
ngabany quickly ; quick Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
jahny(bil) quickly ; suddenly ; immediately Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
nyungamana quickly, very Gold Coast Tweed [more]
guwidjanbil, guydjanbil Quidgenbil, Murwillumbah ; Murwillumbah, Quidgenbil location Gold Coast Tweed [more]
ning, ninganah quiet Gold Coast Tweed [more]
ning-ning quiet Gold Coast Tweed [more]
nambulehn quiet Gold Coast Tweed [more]
nam-nam quiet Gold Coast Tweed [more]
budjaru quiet ; harmless Gold Coast Tweed [more]
jawuny quiet ; silent Middle Clarence [more]
ning quiet ; silent Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
jawiny quiet ; still Middle Clarence [more]
jawuna- quiet!, be Middle Clarence [more]
gingli quiet, be Gold Coast Tweed [more]
ningwan-, ningwen- quiet, be ; shut up Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
ningwan- quiet, become Middle Clarence [more]
bimbar quill of an echidna ; echidna quill animal Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
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