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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -ma | go | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ma | in | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| -ma | do ; make ; make to do something ; cause to be or do ; causative | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -may | near ; vicinity | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -may | only | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -mba | emphatic particle(?) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -mihr | all | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -mil | intensifying descriptive enclitic | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -mir | plural | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -mir | to ; towards | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -mu | particle | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ma- | verbaliser | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mabahng, mabang | old man ; man, old ; man of importance (Cas) | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mabang, mawahng | old man ; man, old | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mabehr | many ; plenty ; all | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mabehrbu | all ; all of us/them | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| mabinbila | stone ; Bird Island | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mabuhl | likeness | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| mabuhl | voice | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| maburahng | goose, wild | bird | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| madja | man (boss?) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| madja- | bite off a mouthful of food | food | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| madji | there near (visible) | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| madji- | stick together ; stay together ; adhere ; stick | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| madjilima- | glue ; fasten together | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| madjima- | put there | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| madjir | blocked (Gd) ; blunt (Wa) | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| madjir | lies | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| madjir | perch | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| madjir | mud, sticky ; diarrhoea | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| madjir-madjir | diarrhoea | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| madjirbah, madjarbah | Mudgeeraba | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| madjiwen- | go there | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| madjungun | there near (out of sight) | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| maga | that | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| maganda- | catch up | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| magandjah, maganydjah | joey | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| magany-magany | neck and neck | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| magay | black paint ; paint, black | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| magay | entrails ; intestines ; bowels | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mage | ochre, yellow | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| magi | simple ; powerful | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| magi | strong | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| magihny | bora ground ; secret ; sacred | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| magil | Eastern Water Dragon ; Water Dragon, Eastern ; lizard species ; water dragon ; dragon, water | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| magirbal | Prickly Yellowwood ; Yellowwood, Prickly | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| magudan | secrecy (?) | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| maguhny | Wallaby, Brush-tailed Rock- | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| maguhyil | companion ; pet | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| magul | winter | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| magulam | God (Creator) | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| magun | wallaby, rock- | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| magundja- | taste | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| maguni- | try ; attempt | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| magunyahgan, magunyahgan | evil person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| maguwi- | keep going ; continue | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| maguy | ghost ; spirit | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mah | over there | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mahbaran | snipe | bird | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mahdja | master ; boss ; employer | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahdja, mahsta | master ; boss | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| mahdja-gali | bossy person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahdja-gan | boss or employer (female) ; bossy woman ; woman, bossy | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahga- | light (fire) | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mahgam | son | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahgamgan | daughter | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahgandja | joey | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahgim, mahginy | pattern used on weapons or on bodies as tribal identification at intertribal corroborees | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahgun | turkey, brush | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| mahguwi- | continue ; keep going | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| mahm | those | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| mahmal | father | people | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahmang | father ; father's brother ; father's male cousin | people | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mahmban | those all | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| mahmi | mother | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mahmu | that | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mahn.gur, man.gurgah | wattle-gum | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mahni | kangaroo | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| mahny, mahnyu | those (near you, not far away) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| mahnyu, mahny, mamahny, mamahnyu | those close to hearer (visible) ; those (visible) ; those near ; they | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
