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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] | ||
mahram | Bottlebrush | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mahrir-an.ga- | start | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mala | hand | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mala | that close (near hearer, visible) | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mala, mamala, male (Wi), mali, mamali, male etc. (M) | that (one) ; he ; there | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
malaba- | like | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
malagay | for that (one) ; for him ; him, for ; that (one), for | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
malaginggi-, malagini- | turn ; look the other way | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
malagu | there | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
malah | that way near ; general direction ; direction, general ; close, reasonably ; reasonably close | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
malahguwa- | go round | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
malahyama- | put there | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
malama- | go that way ; go there | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
malandjali | Manaldjahli ; Manandjahli | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
malang | mussel, black ; black mussel | fish | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
malaw | stones | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
malay, mali | honeyeater, white-eared | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
male | that (near you, a little way off) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
male, mala, mali | that near (Gd) ; in sight of the speaker (Gd) ; that close, near hearer, visible (Wa) | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
malgam | raspberry, wild | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
malgum | gooseberry, native | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
malgun | stale | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mali/male, mamali, male, etc. | that there | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
malibambay | Mullumbimby | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
malu (?) | clay ; stones | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
maluhn | headache | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
malun | storm, big | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
malung | shadow ; shade ; reflection (in mirror or water) ; shady ; spirit, evil | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mamahny | those (visible) | All | [more] | ||
mamali | that (visible) | All | [more] | ||
maman | forepaw | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mambay | creek bank ; bank of creek | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mambe | bank (of river) ; edge (of beach) ; beach, edge of ; river, bank of | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mambe | cousin, distant ; mate ; pal | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mamer | brave | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
mamguhl | kill (?) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mami- | enter (something) ; go in | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
mamidjargan | kinship term | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
mamilgah | cedar, red | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
mamir | alive | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mamir, mamirbu | alive ; life | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mamugany | wampoo pigeon ; green pigeon ; pigeon, green ; pigeon, wampoo | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mamugin (mamugam?), mamugany | flock pigeon ; pigeon, flock | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mamuginy | flock pigeon | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mamuh, madjmun (?) | wrist | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mamul, mamung | splinter ; thorn | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mamun | knuckle | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mamung | prickle ; splinter ; thorn | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
man.gagin | All | [more] | |||
man.gan | whip snake ; snake, whip | reptile | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
man.gan, man.gany | snake | reptile | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
man.gar | blue gum ; gum, blue (tree) ; gum | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
man.gar (?) | oyster | fish | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
man.gar(gah) | gum tree (Wa) | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
man.gar, man.gah | gum tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
man.gargin | gum tree, flooded ; flooded gum tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
man.garginy | Dabchick ; Grebe, Little ; Little Grebe | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
man.gur | resin ; gum ; edible sap | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
man.gur mun.guhn | Mungoora mungoon | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mana-, mani- | make | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
manal | ready ; ripe ; cooked | food | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
manal | rock ;{ hard ; baked | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
manal(u)wen- | ripen | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
manaldjahli | Beaudesert | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
manalgali | Manaldjahli clan | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
manang, manang-manahng | wet | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
manawang | pigeon, brown | bird | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
manda- | scratch or scrape (the skin) ; pinch ; dig out ; root out | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mandan | itch | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mandang | Kurrajong with pink flower | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mandany | itch ; scratch | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mandarahm | Raspberry, Wild ; Wild Raspberry | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mandi- | run | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mandjur | mosquito | insect | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
manduhr-gam, mandulgam, mandulgum | death adder | reptile | All | [more] | |
manduruh | grass | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
manehn | wrinkled | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
mangah | yellow | colour | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mangar-bah | sandy point extending into the sea ; sea, sandy point extending into the | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mangarehm | egg, eggs | bird | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
mangga | that (Ny) ; there somewhere (M:Liv) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
manggahlina- | join together | reptile | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
manggil | oysters | fish | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
mangur | lamp ; torch ; candle | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mangurba- | light (fire etc.) | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mani | kangaroo (generic) ; wallaby | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mani | money | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
manmuru | testicles | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
manyah | native country | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
manyahl | notorious liar ; liar, notorious | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
manyahy | feeling | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
manyahyma- | feel | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
manyay-djam | paralysed | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
manyay/manyi-an.ga- | feel ; touch | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
manyeh, manyih | those known or presumed near, not in sight of the speaker | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
manyi- (?) | feel | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
manyil | octopus | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mar | agitated ; alarmed | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mar-wilambah | Murwillumbah | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
marahn | bird | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
marahn | blue | colour | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
marahng | enervated ; tired ; listless ; weary | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
marahr | fine sky ; sky, fine | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
maral | lightning | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
maran | blunt | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
marandang (murudjang (?)) | club | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
marang | old woman ; woman, old | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
marang | thigh | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
marar | shock ; sudden fright | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
marawan | lad (young) with ritual scars on back | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
marba- | roast (burn) ; boil | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
marba- | tear ; shred | food | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
marbil, marabil | celestial food for departed spirits above, a ; departed spirits above, a celestial food for | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
margan | boy | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
margan | dew | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
margan | fig tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
margan (murgan?) | fig tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mari | alive ; life | fish | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
mari | vines | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
marim | Murrim | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
marinday | ship | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
marinduy | boat ; ship | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
marugan | man, mature (young) ; bachelor ; initiated man ; man, initiated ; one initiated through the First Rule of the tribal Law ; young man (Gd) | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
maruganma- | initiated, be ; initiate | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
maruhl | itchy | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
marun | berry type | food | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
marun | blunt | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
marurgan | frost | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
maruy | rash ; 'itch, the' ; itchy | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
maruywen- | itch | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
marwan- | agitated, become ; alarmed | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mawga- | mix | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mawung ba- | howl | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
may | that ; there (?) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
may, mamay | there | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
mayah | that invisible (not there before (Wa)) | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mayahgan | that time ; time, that | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mayahlibah | solar plexis ; plexis, solar | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
maye | there near (general area, not in the sight of the speaker) | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mayil | native elm ; elm, native | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mayilin | pigeon, small green | bird | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
mayu | that near hearer (out of sight) ; that, there(?) | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mayur | dingo | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mehbilam-an.ga- | court | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mehl | sap | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
mehram | secretion of matter in eye | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
meri | scrub vine for climbing | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mering | life (alive) | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
meru | old | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
mibandja- | to be jealous (?of) | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mibany | wedge-tailed eagle ; eagle, wedge-tailed ; eagle (generic) ; hawk (generic), eaglehawk (wedgetail) | bird | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mibany-mibany | Tree, Native Tamarind ; Tamarind Tree, Native | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mibaralany | snake, Copperhead ; Copperhead snake ; snake, small brown (Wa) ; brown snake, small (Wa) | reptile | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mibilahm | sweetheart ; lover | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mibing | jaw ; chin | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mibiny | Aboriginal man ; person ; face ; know (Wi) ; Aboriginal(s) (M) | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mibiny | know ; understand (of fact or person) | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mibinyahbu | acquaintance ; friend | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
midjigay | east wind ; wind, east | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
midjihn | stick ; bangalow | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
midjil, midjul | fork of tree or small plant | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
midjin | palm tree ('midjim') ; midjin cane ; bangalow (Tw:Sc:Bray) ; walking stick palm (Ngr:Gresty) ; fruit of the midgeon palm | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
midjinggah- | walk on tiptoe | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
midjul | All | [more] | |||
midjung | cheerful ; encouraged ; happy ; glad ; proud ; contented ; satisfied | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
midjungwan-, midjungwen- | happy, become ; contented, become ; satisfied, become ; proud, become | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
migan | spike, concealed ; sharp point, concealed ; point, sharp (concealed) | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
miganbar(i) | Migunburry clan | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
migani | mountain name | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
migany | hole or hollow in a tree ; tree, hole or hollow in | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
migany-an.ga- | know | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
migar | thunder | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
migin | tree species (tall, rough bark) | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
migubal, miguwal | thunder | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mih | eye | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mih baralany | whip snake, large ; snake, whip (large) | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mih bube | tired eye ; eye, tired | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mih bulahnggi- | meet face-to-face | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mih bumi- | blink | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mih gawari- | scan the surroundings ; run eyes over | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mih wahrbay | inquisitive person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mih, miyi | eye | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mih-balum | blind | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mih-bandjahla | jealous | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mih-bula-dululbi | gun | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mih-djam | blind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mihgan | spike | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mihgu-djam | albino | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mihlma- | lead | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
mihlma- | capture ; take by force ; abduct ; kidnap ; take along | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
mihm | movement | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mihngba- | thunder | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mihngbal | storm ; thunderstorm ; thunder | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mihnyangbal | Minyangbal | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mihr | they | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
mihran, mehran | belly ; stomach | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mihrang | breasts | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
mihyung (?), miyunggi- | born, to be | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mil | eye ; eyes | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mil, mih | eye | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
milahny | awake | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
milang | eye | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
milang | milk, cow's ; cow's milk | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
milangawaralalah | almost ; nearly | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
milany, milehny | fingernail ; nail (fingernail, toenail) | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
milbang | blind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
milbul | alive | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
milbulbu- | live | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
milgin | sparrowhawk | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
milihm | exclamation of amazement ; amazement, exclamation of | language | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
milir | slippery ; smooth | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mimbah- | jealous of (someone) | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mimi | humpy | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mimi | kangaroo | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mimi bumay | Kangaroo Flat | location | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
min.ga- | hurt (something) | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
minda- | cut through | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
mindji- (nydj) | laugh | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mindjihng-mindjihng | amusing thing | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mindjihnggan | giggler ; woman who laughs or giggles a lot | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mindjilima- | laugh, make to | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mindjima- | tell slander ; slander | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mindjimay | scandal ; slander | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
minduhr | middle-aged man ; man, middle-aged | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
ming | dog | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mingay | sick | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
minggil | opposite of what was expected ; what was expected, opposite of | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
minggil-gali | promise breaker | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
minin | scrub chicken ; Chowchilla | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
minyahgu | what for ; why | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
minyang | what? ; something ; how ; Minyangbal dialect | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
minyangahnga | which | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
minyangba- | cause something | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
minyangbal | Minyungbal ; language spoken about Tweed Heads (Fergn), name of a | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
minyangbal | Minyungbal dialect(s) | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
minyangbu | how many? | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
minyanggu, minyanggay | why ; what for | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
minyi- | laugh | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
minyih, minyihn, minim (?) | sweet | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mira- (?) | get ; catch | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mira-mirabay (?) | bullock | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
miragan | white woman ; woman, white | people | All | [more] | |
miran | parrot, king ; king parrot | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
miran | chest ; belly ; thorax ; stomach | body_part | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mirang | water-rail bird ; bird, water-rail ; old woman ; woman, old | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mirang, miranggan | old woman ; woman, old | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
miranggan-gali | woman | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mirilgah | honeysuckle | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mirindjin, mirangdjin (?) | Aboriginal woman 30-50 years old ; woman (Aboriginal 30-50 yrs old) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
miring | alive of animates | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
miring, miri | alive | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
mirun | chest | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mirun | woodpecker ; jay | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mirung | belly ; stomach | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mirung | woman | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mirung, miruhng | woman (Gd) ; old woman (Wa) ; woman, old (Wa) | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mirung, mirunggan | old woman ; woman, old | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mirunggan | elderly woman ; woman, elderly | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mirunggan, marang | old woman ; woman, old | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
mirungmir | Aboriginal woman ; woman, Aboriginal | people | Middle Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
miyah | so? ; therefore? | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
miyahrim | Crown Mountain | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
miyi | eye | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
miyi- | continue | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
miyuhn | woodpecker | bird | All | [more] | |
miyumba- | show ; teach | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
miyunggi- | give birth to | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
miyunggi- | born, be | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mubal | Mooball | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mubang | old | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
mubay-mubay | Dusky Moorhen | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mubi | blind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mubig (?) | old man (over 50 years) ; man, old (over 50) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mudja(?) | wattle tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mudjang | more | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mudjehn, mudjeny | long-necked turtle species (Gd) ; turtle species, long-necked (Gd) turtle, swamp (Wa) ; swamp turtle (Wa) | reptile | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mudju | day | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mudjulam | girl from 8-15 years | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mudjum | child, one's | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mudjum, muyum | son ; boy | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mudjumdjargan | daughter | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mudjumgan, muyumgan | daughter ; girl | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mudjumgir | son (Gn) | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mudjumgirgan | daughter | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mudjung | knee ; patella | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mugambin | Mogumbin | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mugar | storm ; thunder | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
mugay | guts | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mugihm, mugim | perch, freshwater ; freshwater perch ; perch | fish | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
mugil | goanna, smaller species of | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mugim | axe ; tomahawk | artifact | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muginya | sharp | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
muginya-, muginyi- | sharpen | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
muguhn, muhgan? | crown, ornamental ; ornamental crown | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mugul | spring of water | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mugul | lazy ; stubborn ; naughty ; deaf (closed?) (Cas) | senses | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mugul-gali | mischievous person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mugulbil | mourning period for dead ; dead, mourning period for | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mugulwan- | ignore ; take no notice of ; deaf to, be | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muguma- | shut ; close | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
muh | merely ; casually | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
muh, bing(g)ay | bowels | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
muhgar | thunder | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muhlgan (?) | mushroom | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muhmbil-muhmbil | bird species ; quail | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muhmbilihn | Tenterfield | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muhmgir | fern-tree ; tree, fern- | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muhng | belly ; stomach | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muhng, muhn | stomach ; belly | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
muhrang | rat | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muhrgalang | low | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
muhruy | ashes | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muhwa- | pick up | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
muhy | bees wax ; wax, bees | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mul | short | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mul | tobacco | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mul, mulgalang | short | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mula | hungry | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulagan | morning (Gd) ; dawn (Wa) ; early morning ; morning star ; morning, early ; star, morning | time | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mulagan, mulaga | morning, (this) | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
mulagan-mulagan | dawn ; daybreak | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulam | boy under 12 years | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulan | night | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulang | lobster | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulang | mouth | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
mulang | nausea | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulang | waterweeds (Wa) ; testicles (Gd) | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mulang(g)a-warahla | nearly | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mulang-an.ga- | vomit | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulany | crayfish (Wa) ; shrimps (Gd:JThomas) ; eel (B:Crowl) | fish | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mulany, mulayim | crayfish ; yabby | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulany-mulahny | blue crane ; crane, blue | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulanyam | catfish ; mullet (Y:Watsn) | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulanyin | crane | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulayang | again | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulayim | yabby ; crayfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulayin | crab | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulbadjin | baby | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulbin, mul, mulbuny | short | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mule, mula | hungry | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
muleh- | vomit | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulehng | vomit | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mulehnganeh | Mallanganee | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mulehnybi- | vomit | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
mulgan | dawn | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulganma- | tease | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulgi- | shorten | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mulgir | gift | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulgulang | dwarf | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
muli | hill ; ridge ; mountain ; back (of animates) ; small hill ; hill, small | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muli | lower back ; kidney ; back, lower | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
muli-muli | hilly ; hill(s), small ; hill, little | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muligam | catfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulih | peak ; summit ; ridge ; spur (of hill) ; backbone | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulih bahna | range of mountains | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mulihng | hunchback | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mulihngan | leaning tree ; tree, leaning | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mulin | stomach | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulingan | leaning ; sloping | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
muliyu ginggi- | lie on one's back ; back, lie on one's | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
mulma- | stop(?) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
mulu | stone ; money | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mulun-mulun, murun-murun | chips ; splinters | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mumbir-mumbir | dove, small | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mumbir-mumbir | Tawny Frogmouth ; Frogmouth, Tawny | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mumga(h)- | mend ; sew | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mumguhl | fist (Wa) ; knuckle (Gd) | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mumugahy | sometimes ; often | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mumuh | short | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mumuhm | Momm?_m | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mumuy | dirty | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
mun.gal | oyster | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muna(h) | day | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
munahmba | that | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
munahmir | those (close) invisible (formerly present) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
munda-, mundali- | wait | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
mundalgumah | hot winds ; winds, hot | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mundang | trap ; net made from bark fibre (usually of the Flame Kurrajong) | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mundanggir | Flame Kurrajong | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mundja, munydja | name of a man | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mundjah, munydjah | naked | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
mundjeralgan, munulgum, mandulgam, mandulgum, manduhr-gam, munduhrgam | death adder | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mundjindi- | protect | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mundjur, munydjur | mosquito | insect | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mundu | stomach ; satisfied after eating | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
mundulgam | death adder | reptile | All | [more] | |
mundulgan | Mundoolun | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mundulguhm(?) | death adder | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mundur | naked, bare, treeless area ; treeless area (naked, bare) | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mundur, mundjah | naked | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
mundurguhm | Death Adder | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mungal, munyal-munyal | oyster | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
munggar | kidney ; kidneys | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
munggir, munggur | calf of leg ; leg, calf of | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
mungguhmbil | Mungoonbil ; passionfruit, wild fruit similar to | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
munggulam | Monkcollum | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
munggur | calf of leg | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
munguru | blunt (of knife) | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
munil | bad-tempered | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
munmuhn ba- | murmur | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
munmuhnbay | murmuring sound ; sound of muffled voices ; voices (muffled), sound of ; muffled voices, sound of | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
munu | that (general area) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
munulgum | death adder | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
munum | greedy ; stingy | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
munyal-munyal, mungal | oyster | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
munyi-, munay-an.ga- | touch ; feel | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
munyung-munyung | funny ; mirth provoking | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
mur-gerahngga- | bora | language | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
mur-mur | pancreas | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
murahmba- | snore ; purr | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
mural | blood | body_part | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
muralmim | brolga | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
murambany | throwing stick ; stick, throwing | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
murambin | throwing stick ; stick, throwing | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
murang | leg (Ngr) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
murang | water-weed ; seaweed | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
murang-murahng | long hanging moss found in trees ; moss, long hanging (found in trees) | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
murdjam | musk duck ; duck, musk | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
murehr | spotted gum ; gum, spotted | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
murgung | blunt | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
murihdjeyir | hunched ; hunch-backed | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muru | nose | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muru gaya- | drown | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
muru gurahr | beak | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
muru-dalang, muru-gudjihny | black swan ; swan, black | bird | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muru-gudji | black swan ; swan, black | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
muruhgi | rough | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muruhny | ashes ; coals, hot (Wa) | food | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
murulmany | brolga ; native companion | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
murumdang | stick with a knob ; nulla-nulla | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
murumurugambiny | Moreton Island | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
murun-bal, muru-muru | sulky | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
murun-murun, mulun-mulun | chips ; splinters | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
murunbul | Mooroonbool | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
murundang | club with knob on end (We) | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
murunu | sticks used for tapping in music ; tapping sticks (for music) | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muruny | ashes | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muruny | cold | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
muruwi | bush ; scrub ; forest | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muruya- | sink | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
murwang | blunt | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
muwa- | pick ; pick up ; gather ; collect | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
muwamuwa- (muwamuwi-) | gather ; collect | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
muwang | body | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
muwi | ghost | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muwi muwi-nyihn | boast | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
muwi- | speak | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
muy-ngagambah | Fingal Caves | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
muy-wulambiny | Murwillumbah | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
muygu (?) | stomach | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
muyuhn | sulkiness (Gd) ; moodiness (Gd) | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muyuhnwen- | sulk | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muyum | cockatoo (black) with yellow feathers on its tail | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
muyum | son ; man's brother's son ; woman's sister's son ; nephew (man's brother's or woman's sister's son) | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
muyum | waterlily | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
muyuma- | caulk ; stop (a hole) | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
muyumdjargan | daughter | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
muyumgan | daughter ; niece (woman's sister's daughter or male's brother's daughter) | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
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