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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -wa | continuous action ; repetitive action | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -wa | go | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -wahr | but | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -wan | become ; be | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -war | emphatic particle | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -way | emphatic particle | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wa! | beware, watch out! | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wa, a | exclamation of surprise | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wa, wah | look out! ; beware! | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| waba- | look around for ; search here and there for ; glance about to find something ; peer ; peep ; spy on | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wabal-gali | peeping Tom | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wabamaridju | mud | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wabay | peep | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wabum | mud | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wabuny, wabunygan | sister, younger | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wadja | no | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| wadjahbin | dog | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wadjam | squirrel glider ; scorpion | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wadjam (waram?) | scorpion | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wadjam, waryam | shark | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wadjeru, wadjir | fat | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wadji- | speak ; say ; talk ; tell (to do something) ; tell someone something ; tell ; inform ; order ; ask | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wadji-wadji- | encourage | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wadjih-gali | chatterbox | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wadjir, wudjir | fat ; grease | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wadjung(gan), wayun(g), wihyang | mother-in-law | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wadjung, wadjang, wayung | mother ; mother's sister ; aunt, maternal | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wadjung, wadjangbir | mother ; mother's sister ; aunt, maternal | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wadjung- | mother | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wagahy (Gd), wagay (Wa) | spirit of a living person ; person's spirit (living person) | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wagal | flavour ; taste | food | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wagal | tomahawk | artifact | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| wagalgu | taste | food | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wagan | march fly (NG:Gresty) ; fly, ordinary (Fowlr) | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wagany | catfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wagar | axe ; axe, small ; tomahawk | artifact | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wagay | fire | food | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| wagay | scrub vines ; vines, scrub | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wagay | shadow of departed person ; spirit (of dead) ; sign ; shadow ; photo | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wagay | shark | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wagay, wagahy | spirit | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wagay-wagay | bird, redhead (Y:Alln) ; redhead bird (Y:Alln) ; Swamp-hen, Eastern | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| waguhymam | grape | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wagulbun | kangaroo, weaner ; weaner kangaroo | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wagun | turkey, brush ; turkey, scrub ; scrub turkey ; brush turkey ; Bustard | bird | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| waguny | jewfish (Y:Holm) ; catfish (Y:Holm) | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| waguy | vines in scrub ; vine (generic) ; rope ; string ; fishing line | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| waguya, waguyiya | corroboree, type of | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| waguymam | grape | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wahdjar | track ; trail ; spoor | animal | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wahgaru (wuguru) | chilly | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wahginy(?) | goose, wild | bird | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wahl | mark | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wahlu | Ettrick clan name ; clan name at Ettrick | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wahlu | you (singular) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahlu | you (singular) | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahlu | you (singular) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| wahlubal | Tabulam dialect | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wahm | swamp | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wahndjari-, wahnydjari- | roll ; turn ; change ; turn into ; change in form (transitive) ; change direction one faces (intransitive) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahndjil, wahnydjil | lizard species ; lizard, swag man ; swag man lizard | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wahng | work ; labour ; job ; occupation | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahng guyguy | regular employment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahng-gali | work-liker | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wahnggali | good worker ; liking work ; work, liking | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahnggan | south | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wahngma-, wahng | work ; work for something | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahngmalihginy(gan) | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahni- | hit ; strike | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahnyi, wanyi | you (singular object accusative) | All | [more] | ||
| wahr | beware | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wahr | muscle | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wahra- | carry ; take | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wahraga- | hubbub, make a | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wahrang | bad ; wicked ; cross | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wahrba- | pry into others' affairs | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahrgi- | lie on one side | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahwar | teredo worm ; worm, teredo | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| walagan | shoulder ; arm, upper (Culhm) ; upper arm (Culhm) ; elbow (Culhm) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| walagan, walgan | shoulder ; arm, upper ; upper arm | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
