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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -ba | go | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ba | intensity of action, greater | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ba | make, to ; cause to | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ba | place of | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -ba | please | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ba | to ; towards | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -bal | those who say | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| -banggil | very ; most ; superlative | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -bany | father | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -banyi | from ; of (as in 'afraid of') | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -bara | derivational affix | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -bara | from ; person from | location | Lower Richmond | [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] | |
| -barnu | from | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| -baya | with ; together with | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ba- | say ; utter ; tell | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| baba | father | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| babahndilu | mourning | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| babang | father ; father's brother ; uncle (paternal) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| babang | light (in weight) | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| babar | above ; up there ; top ; up ; upwards ; north ; over there ; sky | location | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| babar, babara(h) | bush ; country, rough and scrubb ; forest, rough and scrubby | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| babarah | God | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| babarah- | full, be | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| babarahdjang | full ; up to the top ; top, up to the | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| babargundahyi | high | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| babi | ablaze | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| babin.gah | highland | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| babiny | light | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| babuh! | oh! | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| babulung | pipe (for smoking) ; tobacco pipe | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| badja-badjar | face to face | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| badjahng | Possum, Ring-tailed ; Ring-Tailed Possum | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| badjahr | snake, brown | reptile | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| badjay-an.ga- | smash | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| badjgul | joking liar (one who tells lies for a joke) | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| badji- | hit ; punch ; hit (with any kind of object) ; cut ; strike | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| badji-badji- | knock ; strike repeatedly | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| badjil, badjul | blood | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| badjili- | rain, to | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| badjir | love ; like | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| badjirgan | rotten | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| baga- | break | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| baga-bagah | Coral-tree ; Erythrina vespertilio ; tree, Coral | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| baga-bagah | Mt Barney | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagah | shield | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagahgir | coral tree ; tree, bean ; bean tree | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagahn | crack (Gd) ; narrow slit or gap (Gd) ; slit, narrow (Gd) ; gap, narrow (Gd) | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bagahn (?) | broad (?) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bagal | snake, brown | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| baganggah | Boggangar clan | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| baganuma- | knock over | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bagar | beyond | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagar | kurrajong, prickly | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagar | over there ; distant ; far side | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagar | too ; often ; too much | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bagar(a)-wan- | pass ; win (as in a race) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bagar, bagur? | snake, brown | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagar-djang | beyond | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bagarah | pregnant | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bagarbaya- | miss ; fail to hit | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bagardjahng | further ; over there | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bagawang | Cuckoo-Shrike, Little | bird | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagay | ice ; frost ; snow | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bagi | bush ; scrub ; jungle | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bagi | vine, species of | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagil, bangin | man 40-50 years old ; 40-50 year old man | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagindji | almost ; nearly | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bagir | hungry | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagir, bagehr | open country ; country, open | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagiri- | clear (land) | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagu(h)m | owl | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagul | Bagulni | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagul | bark (of tree) (Gd) ; canoe ; boat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bagul | snake, brown | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagundah | ant (? general) | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bahbany, bahbuny | grandmother ; mother's mother ; mother's sister ; granddaughter ; grandchild | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bahbany-bahbany | beetles and cockroaches, some varieties of (Gd) ; cockroaches and beetles, some varieties of (Gd) ; beetle, species of (Wa) | insect | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bahbanydjargan | granddaughter ; mother's mother ; grandmother (maternal) | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bahdjab | roar (of the sea) ; sea???s roar | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] |
