Bundjalung Dictionary

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Muurrbay plans to conduct workshops around Bundjalung-Yugambeh country to help people use this online dictionary. It is a work in progress so your feedback is important to us. Please read the instructions by following the "more" button below.

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Bundjalung English Category Dialect
jinggar vagina body_part Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
guygir, guyar vagina body_part Gold Coast Tweed [more]
gubung valley (Gd) ; hollow (Gd) ; ditch (Gd) ; hole (Gd) ; deep (Wa) ; hollow, a (Wa) ; hole (in the ground) (Cas) natural_environment Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
ganngal valuable thing artifact Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
gumar-gubi vein ; artery body_part Gold Coast Tweed [more]
-gindi verb enclitic suffix body_part Middle Clarence [more]
ma- verbaliser Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
yilen very Gold Coast Tweed [more]
-djahng very (implying intensity) Gold Coast Tweed [more]
-djal very ; more Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
-banggil very ; most ; superlative Gold Coast Tweed [more]
banyar-djang very bad ; bad, very Gold Coast Tweed [more]
guwiyan very tall trees growing there ; trees (very tall) growing there location Gold Coast Tweed [more]
ngubuny vine, climbing (large) plant Middle Clarence [more]
bagi vine, species of plant Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
mari vines plant Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs [more]
nuruy vines ; vine, short length of for climbing trees ; caterpillar, Yellow-jack (Gd) insect Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
waguy vines in scrub ; vine (generic) ; rope ; string ; fishing line plant Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
bandal vines, large ; canes, wild plant Gold Coast Tweed [more]
gawgehr visible bird Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
mabuhl voice body_part Middle Clarence [more]
mulang-an.ga- vomit body_part Gold Coast Tweed [more]
muleh- vomit body_part Middle Clarence [more]
mulehng vomit body_part Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
mulehnybi- vomit body_part Lower Richmond [more]
jiriny vulva body_part Lower Richmond [more]
ngambi(?) vulva body_part Condamine Upper Clarence [more]
junu vulva (?) (Y:Holm) ; vagina (?) (Y:Holm) body_part Gold Coast Tweed [more]
jibali vulva ; cunnus body_part Gold Coast Tweed [more]
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