Bundjalung Dictionary

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Bundjalung English Category Dialect
yabura gabal Yabbara cobbil plant Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
mulayim yabby ; crayfish fish Gold Coast Tweed [more]
yaburahny Yaburong ; Yar birain people Gold Coast Tweed [more]
dam-dahm yam food Middle Clarence [more]
juybam yam of water lily ; waterlily yam plant Lower Richmond [more]
gurambahng yam, small species of plant Middle Clarence [more]
birihn Yamba ; Maclean location Middle Clarence [more]
ganay yamstick ; digging stick ; woomera ; throwing-stick artifact Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
ngahny bira- yawn body_part Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
widjagang yellow colour Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
mangah yellow colour Middle Clarence [more]
ngahny Yellow Robin ; Robin, Yellow bird All [more]
bigin Yellow Wood ; tree, 'Long Jack' ; 'Long Jack' tree plant Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
ganggehng-ba- yelp animal Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
ganggehngbay yelp animal Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
yungbal yelp, a ; bark, a animal Middle Clarence [more]
yawu(y), yaw, yaway, yuway yes Gold Coast Tweed [more]
ngeh, ngih yes people Middle Clarence [more]
yuway, yawu, yaw, yaway yes Gold Coast Tweed [more]
jawa yes Gold Coast Tweed [more]
ngehmbe yes (yes indeed) Lower Richmond [more]
ngin yes ; and Lower Richmond [more]
yuweh yes ; certainly ; of course Middle Clarence [more]
yaway yes ; certainly ; of course Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
ngeh yes, and Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs [more]
ngubu warbu yesterday time Lower Richmond [more]
nguburahbu yesterday time Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
ngububu yesterday time Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
ngubuhbu yesterday location Middle Clarence [more]
ngubuh gunah yesterday time Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
gahnyibu ngubu yesterday time Gold Coast Tweed [more]
ngubu yesterday ; tomorrow ; one day away (past or future) time Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
yaygir Yeygir language ; Yaegl language language Middle Clarence [more]
yilbagan Yilbogan location Gold Coast Tweed [more]
gilah yonder location Middle Clarence [more]
gilamba yonder ; that distant location Middle Clarence [more]
ngin you Gold Coast Tweed [more]
wehlu you Middle Clarence [more]
wiya you (nominative) Lower Richmond [more]
wihya you (nominative) Lower Richmond [more]
wanyi you (object) Lower Richmond [more]
ngirimany you (plural) Middle Clarence [more]
bulaganbanyi you (plural) Lower Richmond [more]
bula you (plural) Lower Richmond [more]
ngirihmang you (plural, subject) Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
wahnyi, wanyi you (singular object accusative) All [more]
wihnyi you (singular object, accusative) Middle Clarence [more]
wahlu you (singular) Middle Clarence [more]
wahlu you (singular) Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
wahlu you (singular) Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond [more]
wudjah you (singular), for ; for you (singular) Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
wudjeh you (singular, intransitive subject) Middle Clarence [more]
wiyeh you (singular, intransitive subject) Middle Clarence [more]
weh, wih you (singular, intransitive) Gold Coast Tweed [more]
wihlu you (singular, transitive subject) Middle Clarence [more]
bulaganmihr you all animal Middle Clarence [more]
ngali-wudjeh you and I Middle Clarence [more]
yun.gum midjin you scoundrel! Gold Coast Tweed [more]
wiya ngering (bulayli(gan)) you two Gold Coast Tweed [more]
wulbaw young Copmanhurs [more]
nyamul young (of any animal) ; baby ; calf ; pup animal Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence [more]
bayahnydja young ; new ; recent (of today or present) time Middle Clarence [more]
gibaridja (?) young man people Gold Coast Tweed [more]
jabudjil, jabuyil young man (15-20 years) people Gold Coast Tweed [more]
gibar young man ; adolescent boy people Gold Coast Tweed [more]
jabuhgil young man ; man, young people Gold Coast Tweed [more]
baling young man ; man, young people Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
gumban.gir young man with ritual scars back and front ; lad who has received his gumban or 'scars on his breast' people Gold Coast Tweed [more]
gamban.gir young man with ritual scars back and front ; ritual scars back and front, young man with people Gold Coast Tweed [more]
budjaragan young woman ; woman, young people Gold Coast Tweed [more]
gin young woman ; woman, young ; girl people Gold Coast Tweed [more]
jahnigir young woman of marriageable age ; woman (young) of marriageable age ; marriageable age, young woman of people Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
bulagana your (plural) Lower Richmond [more]
wungah your (singular) ; yours (singular) Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
-bihny your own Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
wangah, (wungah?) yours (thine) Gold Coast Tweed [more]
jurih yourself ; yourselves Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
yagarabal Yugarabul language ; Yagarabal language language Gold Coast Tweed [more]
yugumbeh Yugumbeh dialect language Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
nuhbilihn Yulgilbar Middle Clarence [more]
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