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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| naba- | hit with a missile ; throw at something (whether or not you actually hit it) ; shoot | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nabali- | fight with spear, boomerang (and tomahawk) and shield | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nabang | mother | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nabi, nabeh- (?) | begin ; play | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nabur | narrow | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| naga- | whisper | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nagan ('nagan) | son (?) | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nahgin.gan | wife | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nahng | taste | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nahngmili- | look back, round or behind | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nahr | gristle ; sinew ; tendon ; vein | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nahr-balang | muscular ; strong | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nahr-djam | weak | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nahwa- | upset ; capsize ; overturn | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nahy | knife ; from English knife | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nalgal, ngalgal (?) | dingo | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nalinggari yuban (?) | dying | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nalu | dark ; night ; midnight | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nam-nam | quiet | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nama- | hold ; catch ; touch ; grab ; seize ; embrace ; grasp ; hold of, get | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nambagi | horse | animal | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| nambargul | canoe | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nambulehn | quiet | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| namgir | daylight | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| naminbah | hold on | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| namuwi- (?) | stop (M) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nanahng | sister, male's ; sister, older (female's) | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nandin (?) | lawyer cane ; vine, lawyer | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nangahny | hunter, good | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nangany | food (usually vegetable food) | food | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nangany-galigan | woman fond of food ; food-lover (female) | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nangany-giny | person fond of food ; food-lover | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nanggil | wattle tree ; myrtle tree | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nanmili- | wedge ; spike | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nanmili- | stick ; adhere ; fastened, become | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| narahmiri | tarantula spider ; spider, tarantula | All | [more] | ||
| narim | shin ; tibia | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| naring | over ; above ; across | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| naring gimi- | opposite | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| naringga- | go across ; go over ; cross over | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| naruny | glad ; happy | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| narunyehn | contentment ; happiness | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nawa- | lie upon ; collapse upon | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nawalih-gubih | pillow | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nawan | companion | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nayi | knife | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nayi- | come in a cloud of something ; cloud of something, come in a ; enveloped in, come | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nayiny, ngahny (?) | Robin, Yellow ; Yellow Robin | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nedjuram | cold | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| nenidjing | lawyer vines ; vines, lawyer | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nerang(g)i(?) | Narangy | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nilguwa- | barter ; trade | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nima- | squeeze | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nimbehr | small ; short | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nimbiny | house | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nimbulima- | return | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nimerdji(?) | semen | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nindunybah | Nindooinba | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ning | quiet ; silent | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ning, ninganah | quiet | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ning-ning | quiet | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ningba- | silent, make ; quieten ; silence | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ningdjang (?) | beardless | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ningi-ningi (nindji-nindji) | crayfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ningwan- | quiet, become | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ningwan-, ningwen- | quiet, be ; shut up | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nini | female | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ninyimir | navel | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| niran, nirun | snot ; phlegm | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nirgin, nirgany | thirsty | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| niril | shell | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nirim | scab ; scaly patch on skin | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nugal | cheek ; jaw ; jawbone ; face | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nugal dalang, nugal-dalahn | turtle, white-eared species | fish | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nugan | container for water | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nugay | bee | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nugay | thirsty | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nugay bargal bargal | native bee, small | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nugay, nuway | thirsty | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nugin, nuginy | sweat | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nugur | blunt | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nuhbilihn | Yulgilbar | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nuhma- | know ; understand | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nulara | tears | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| num | back, to go ; return | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| num bunda- | make (someone) return | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| num guni- | return (something) | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| num guyili- | return by the way one came | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| numa- | dance | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| numargin | pigeon, green | bird | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| numbali- | go ; come | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| numbihl | after ; behind ; back ; back (of something) ; rear | location | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| numbuh- | come back ; return | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| numbuhli- | return | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| numbuhnggi- | go back ; come back ; return ; turn back ; go home | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| numbuhnggilwa- | turn around | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| numgal | afterwards | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| numgaldjang | afterwards ; much later ; later, much | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| numgir | day ; midday ; daytime ; daylight | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| numgir-gali, numgirgam | early | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| numgir-ngihny | person unoccupied for the day | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| numgirbu | daily ; every day | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| numgur (namgar, namgur?) | day | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nunduhrgam | death adder | reptile | All | [more] | |
| nungam-gali | person who is constantly chewing | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nungan | wide | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nungany, nuwang | food | food | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nunguhny | love, feeling | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nunguhnyma- | love | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nununggah- | kiss | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nurgir | near | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nuruy | vines ; vine, short length of for climbing trees ; caterpillar, Yellow-jack (Gd) | insect | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nuwa- | lean | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nuwang | food | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nuwang jalanyah | crop of bird | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nuway | thirsty | body_part | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] |
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