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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -jam | without | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ja- | eat ; drink | food | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ja- gung | drink | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jaba- | help, to (?) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| jabahm | proximity ; nearness | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jabali- | chew | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabam | grub, tree boring ; tree boring grub ; grub ; witchety grub | insect | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabang | wet | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jabanggan | wife (?) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabay | eater | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabay | food ; a feed | food | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jabi-jabi | crab species, small | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabih- | All | [more] | |||
| jabihnggin, jabih-gali | glutton | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jabihnginy | man-eating spirit-being (male) ; spirit-being, man-eating (male) | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabihnyma- | feed | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jabil | water | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabililam(?) | silky oak ; oak, silky | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabilum | Tabulum | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabinma- | feed (someone) | food | All | [more] | |
| jabinma- | feed (someone) | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabir | club ; nulla-nulla ; chopper ; waddy ; fighting stick | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabir-bilam | fighting waddy belonging to the God Javreen or Jabreen | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabirgalba(h) | Tabragalba | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabirihn | Jabreen or Javreen ; Javreen or Jabreen ; mythical hero, a (Jabreen or Javreen) | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabirngehny | spirit (male) that goes out with young men for initiation, name of | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jabu | boy ; youth | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jabu, jabuh | boy | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabu, jabuyil, jabudjil | older boy ; pre-puberty youth ; youth, pre-puberty | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabudjil, jabuyil | young man (15-20 years) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabuh | boy to puberty | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabuh (Wi, M), jabuyil (M) | boy | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabuhba | Tabooba | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabuhbari | Tweed River tribe | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabuhgil | young man ; man, young | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabuhng | orphan | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabuhng | snake, any large ; large snake, any | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabul | boy, little | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabulgan | paddle | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabulgan-gubih | rowlocks | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabum | willow tree grub ; grub, willow tree | insect | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jabum | scrub wallaby ; wallaby, scrub | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jabun | daughter ; girl | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jabunggan | corpse of a girl | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| jabunggihny | corpse of a boy | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| jabuny | girl ; young girl ; girl, young | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jadjahybur | proximity ; closeness ; vicinity | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| jadjalbu | baby, little | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jadjar | playful ; playing the fool | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| jaga- | drink | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jaga- | send | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| jagabar | dark ; black | colour | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jagabar | rope ; vine | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jagabargir | loya cane | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jagahygam | beautiful ; pretty | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jagali | small black skincoid lizard, species of ; lizard (black, skincoid), species of | reptile | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jagam | rain | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jagaw, jagaybil | pigeon, small green (Mur:Sc:Hargrv) ; small green pigeon (Mur:Sc:Hargrv) ; flock bird, green (GC) | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jagay | fish spear | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jagay | white man ; man, white | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jage-jageh | apron, woman's | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jagi | secret ; sacred | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jagibah | private | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| jagihgan | beautiful ; pretty | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jagiradji | white man ; man, white | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| jaguhr | stranger | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jagul | native land | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jagun | ground ; earth ; land ; country | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jagun, jan, -dja | country ; ground ; earth | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jagur, jagul | stranger | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jaguwa- | send | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jahbal-jahbal | swaggering ; swaying | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jahbi-gubi, jah-gubih | edible | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahbi-jahbi | loin cloth | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jahbu-yahgari | baby, female | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahdjam | baby ; child | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| jahdjam | Tatham | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| jahdjam bira-, jahdjam bura- | bear ; give birth (of woman) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahdjam, jahgam | child ; children ; baby | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahdjam, jahgam | child ; children ; baby | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] |
