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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -dah | in ; at ; on ; locative case | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -dihnda- | carry ; take | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -dja | ground suffix ; place suffix | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -dja | past tense (new analysis Sharpe) | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -dja(h) | locative suffix | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -djahli | plural | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -djahng | very (implying intensity) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -djal | very ; more | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -djang | more ; very | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -djang, -djahng | intensifier ; very | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -djar | his ; their | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -djari | (?) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -dje | while ; when | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -dji | in ; at ; on ; locative past case | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -djin | clothing covering this part of body | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -djin | pluraliser | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -djindi | carry ; take | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -dju | ergative subject case marker ; transitive subject case ; agent case | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -djur | derivational affix (?) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -du | habitual action | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| dabahngba- | percussive noise, make a ; noise, percussive, make a | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| dabahy | dog, tame ; dog | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dabahy | mature (of chrysalis about to turn into butterfly) | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dabalehn | dead | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dabay, dabahy, dabari | dog, tame | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dabe-dabehr | Spurwinged plover ; plover, Spurwinged | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dabu-dabu | shallow | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dagahral | ghost, bad | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dagal | nearly ; almost | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| dagal miyi- | continue for ever | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dagam | fog ; sky | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dagambi | fog place | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dagan | flathead | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dagargan, dawargan | corpse of a woman ; woman's corpse | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| dagarigay (m), dagarigaygan (f) | white man ; white woman ; man, white ; woman, white | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dagay milbir (?) | white woman ; woman, white | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dagaybiny | ghost, male | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dagayma- | kill ; make die | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| dagayu, dagayiyu | white man ; man, white | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dagi- | cease ; desist | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dagin | finished (?) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| dagin | flathead | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dahba- | stretch one's muscles ; muscles, to stretch one's | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dahba-, dahbalehn | dead | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dahbam | die | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dahgan | white | colour | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dahgarah(?) | alone | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dahmbar | damper ; bread | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dahni- | open up | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| dahri | father | people | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dahringen | Black wattle ; wattle, Black | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dalabadjari | place name | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dalagan | myrtle tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dalahn | white | colour | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dalal, dalalbay | knocking noise ; noise, knocking | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| dalan, dalang, jalang, dalang | clay | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dalang | afraid | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dalang | white | colour | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dalangehny (Wa), dalangihny (Gd) | Grey-faced wallaby ; wallaby, Grey-faced | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| dalangguma- | paint | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| dalba- | jump | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| dalbala | fork of a tree | plant | All | [more] | |
| dalgal, dalgar | mud | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dalgayan- | dry, become | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| dalgaybar | Nerang tribe | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dalgayga- | dry | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dalil, delil | snake, bandy bandy ; bandy bandy snake | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dalumgan | thigh | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dam birihn | Tamborine | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dam-dahm | yam | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| damarmay | subordinate ; inferior | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dambur-an.ga- | fill | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| damburma- | fill up | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| damgay | greedy (of birds and animals) (Gd) ; glutton (of birds and animals) (Gd) | bird | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| damgay | Tomki | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| damgur | turning point | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dan.gahla (danggahla?) | honeysuckle, red ; red honeysuckle | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dan.gan, danggan | hand ; fingers | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| dan.gar | mud | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| dan.ge(h) | Ribbon Gum ; Shining Gum ; Gum, Shining ; Gum, Ribbon | plant | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
