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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -yahgan | get, to | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -yan | become ; be | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yabara | kurrajong | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yabu(h)r, yabul | one ; another | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| yabul | one | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yabur | one ; only ; alone | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yabur, yaburu(h) | one | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yabura | outlaw (?) ; one (?) | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yabura gabal | Yabbara cobbil | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yaburahny | Yaburong ; Yar birain | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yaburbu | same ; similar ; equal | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yaburma- | do once | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yaburuhma | always | All | [more] | ||
| yaburuhma- | always doing | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yadjgali- | whisper | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yadjul | sick | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yaga- | make | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yagah- | construct ; fix ; repair | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yagahli-gubih | repair man | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yagam, yagambeh | no ; not ; none | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yagambehba- | unsuccessful, be ; say ' no' ; refuse | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yagambehwen- | disappear | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yagambu | not yet | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yagara- | follow something ; pursue | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yagarabal | Yugarabul language ; Yagarabal language | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yagay ba- | ask someone something | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yagihr | lean ; poor (of season) | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yagir | teak tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yagu(n)y | Eastern Bandicoot ; bandicoot, large species of | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yagumba | no | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yaguri | teak tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yaguy | bandicoot ; kangaroo rat ; rat, kangaroo | animal | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yaguy, yagihl, yawgu, yaguny | bandicoot | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yah | is that so? | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahban | white gum | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yahdj | catbird (Y:Hanln) ; satin bowerbird (Ngr:Gresty) ; rifle bird ; bowerbird, satin (Ngr:Gresty) | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yahgari | girl | people | All | [more] | |
| yahgen | seat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yahgi- | help ; assist | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahgulguma- | try | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yahmbur | spouse's grandparents ; grandparents-in-law | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yahn- | sit ; stay ; camp | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahn-, yahna-, yahn.ga- | sit ; stop ; live at ; sit down | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yahnbay-gubih | seat | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yahndin | beetles | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yahng ba- | abuse verbally ; verbally abuse | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yahngba- | chase away | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahny | owl species | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yahny-yahny | owl species call ; bird call of owl species | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yahr | imitation ; copy | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahr gahnga- | imitate ; copy | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahr, yehr | wing ; fin | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yahra-gali | strong | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| yahrang | sand | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yahrba- | marry | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yahrma- | imitate ; copy | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yahrum | meteor ; falling star ; comet | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yahwgal | hornet species | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yahwul | hornet, small ; wasp, small | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yahwulbah | wasp place | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yahy | wound ; gash | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yala, yela | bee | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yalabay | urine | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yalabung | free, without any commitments | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yalal | light ; fragile | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yalany | tongue | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yalany | lips | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yalanyama- | lick | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yalbang | woman, young ; young woman | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yalbi- | sing | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yalbil | song | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yalbur(u) | happy ; contented | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yale | bee | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yalgan | Honeyeater, Regent ; Regent Honeyeater | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yalgan | sun | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yalgur | sick | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yalnan | sun ; sunlight ; hot | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yalnan + -an.ga- | shine ; reflect light | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yalul | light weight | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| yalurgul (?) | Big Burleigh | location | All | [more] |
