Bundjalung Dictionary

English: plural for all trees
Bundjalung: -hngbil, -hngbil, -bil
Part of Speech: suffix
Related Words:
With same English translation:   -bil, -ngbil  
Comment: Also plural for some topographical nouns, the longer allophone is more common, with the loss of the final consonant (if any) of the stem; there is no consonant loss with -bil.
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt
Example:

Bundjalung : buybuy --> buybuhngbil (from G)

English: 'apple gum tree' - 'apple gum trees'

Example:

Bundjalung : jarang --> jarahngbil (from G)

English: 'thigh, bough' - 'boughs'

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