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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -bi | in ; at ; on | location | All | [more] | |
| -bi | subjunctive enclitic ; verbal noun enclitic | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -bihny | your own | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -bihny | place where something is or happens | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -bil | intensive descriptive | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -bil, -ngbil | plural for all trees ; tree plural | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -bilahm | learnt to, has | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -bina | go | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bibay, bibeh | gum tree ; tree, gum | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bibi- | hang open (of mouth) | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bibuhr | giddy ; drunk | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bibuhr-an.ga- | charm ; stun | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bibuy | gum tree, spotted (Ng:Gresty) ; box tree, white (GC:Nerang:police) | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bidja- | split (animal) ; cut up (animal) | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bidjang | small ; little ; some | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bidjang (Wi), biyang (M, Ng) | father | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bidjang dudjahn | ship(?) | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bidjang-bunggil | least | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bidjangbu | few, a | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bidjanggay | some ; small ; less | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bidjar | feather | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bidjun | little ; sharpened | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bidjun | spear | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bigabin | self ; oneself ; person without male companionship | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bigar(gah), bigara | Iron Bark ; Iron Bark, Large ; Iron Bark, Black | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigar, bigargah | Iron Bark ; Grey Iron Bark ; Black Iron Bark ; Iron Bark, Black ; Iron Bark, Grey | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bigarbah | iron bark trees, place of | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigargah | Loder's Creek | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigargin | cormorant, big and black | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigargin | black swan ; swan, black ; magpie goose | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigba- | bark (dog) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigba-, bawgbal | dog's bark ; bark of a dog | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigi | sun | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigi | coolamon | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bigin | Yellow Wood ; tree, 'Long Jack' ; 'Long Jack' tree | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bigin.gah | needle stringy-bark (Wu) ; stringybark tree (Cop) ; tree, stringybark (Cop) | plant | Middle Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| biging | sick | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bigiyima- | put in coolamon | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| biguhng | sling for carrying babies | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bihbar | book ; letter ; paper ; newspaper | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bihbi | baby | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bihdjidj | fart ; pass wind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bihgun, buygan | jewfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bihm-bim | Noisy Miner ; Yellow-throated Miner ; Miner, Yellow-throated ; Miner, Noisy | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bihn.gin | beetle | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bihny | behind | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bihrin, birin | bird, any | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bihwany | one who avoids another ; avoider (of another person) | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bihyan | personal name | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bihyan(?) | back | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bihyin | fish-hawk, grey ; grey fish-hawk | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilahr | flood | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bilahr | spear, light wooden | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilahywul | Wardell | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bilambil | Bilambil | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bilang, bilanggah | oak ; she-oak | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilang-duwahny | bandicoot, large species of | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilanggil | because of the inlet from the sea | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilay | scattered | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bilaywen- | spread | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bilbi | bandicoot, long-nosed | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bilbirin | peewee | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bile-bileh | crown of head ; head, crown of | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilgan, birgan | blackfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilguruhng | skewer ; thin straight stick used to pin together the edges of the slit made in order to gut an animal prior to cooking | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilibirin, biribirim, bilbiriny | cicada ; locust | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilihng | Glider, Feather-tailed ; Feather-tailed Glider | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilihny | bat (generic) | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilimbin | mushroom ; toadstool | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilin | feather | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilin-bilin | king parrot ; parrot, king- | bird | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilinahdjil | parrot place | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biling | bat | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilinuba, bilinuhba | place of parrots ; parrot place | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bilirgan (bilergan?) | cockatoo, black with yellow tail | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilmah | rock ; rocks | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bimbar | comb | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bimbar | quill of an echidna ; echidna quill | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bimbim | mutton bird | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bimbim | crayfish, freshwater ; lobby ; yabby | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
