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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -bu | marks agent or transitive subject and instrument used for an action | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -buhny | typified by | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bu | derivational suffix | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bu | again (Gd) ; now (Gd) ; still (Gd) | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| buba | ashes | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| buban | flood | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buban.gan | summer | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bubang | water | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bubar | forest | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bubayeh | sea turtle | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bube(h), buba | dust | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bubeh | ashes ; dust | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bubidjan, bubigan (buhbi-?) | ashes of a fire ; fire ashes | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bubigan | flooded ground | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bubu, buyi-buyi, buybuy, bulbu, bulbul | Angophera ; apple tree, native | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budja- | tell lies ; gossip | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjabuyay | swallow (bird) | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjagah | fig tree | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| budjahng | stepchild | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjalgan | handsome woman ; woman, handsome | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjang | liver | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjar | love | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjar | snow ; feather | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| budjar-an.ga- | soften ; love | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjaragan | young woman ; woman, young | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjarah, budjarahbu | morning | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjaram | story ; myth ; legend ; sacred thing | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjaram gawari- | tell a story ; story, tell a | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjarbalahgan | spirit-being (female) | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjarbil | gumtree blossum ; blossom of gumtree | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjarbiny, budjarbin(y) | flower | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjaru | quiet ; harmless | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| budjaru-budjaru | daybreak | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjarundjam | rotten (of trees) | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| budjay | almost | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| budjay-budjay, budjabuyay | happy family birds ; swallow (bird) ; birds, happy family | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjeh | cunjevoi tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budji | leg | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| budjigan, budjagan | pussy (cat from English) ; cat (from English, pussy cat) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| budjigehn | cat, tame ; cat, domestic | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjihrbiny | foam ; froth | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjiny | flatus ; wind | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjir | soft | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| budju- | spin | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| budjuhr | cowardly | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| budjuhy | shrub ; small bushy tree ; tree, small and bushy | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjur | soft | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| budjur-an.ga- | love (Y:Allen) ; bleed (Y:Allen) ; soften (Y:Allen) | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjur-budjur | daybreak | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjurbu | early | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjurguhmu | Mt Barney | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjurma- | soften | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| budjurngu | Mt Barney | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buga- | poke ; peck ; sting ; stab ; spear ; write | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bugaba(h) | shoulder-blade | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bugaban(y) | sparrowhawk ; hawk ; kite | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bugahw | rotten ; smelling ; stinking | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bugahygan | daughter-in-law | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bugal | good ; pleasant ; beautiful ; nice ; quiet | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| bugal-bugalehn | good, very ; very good | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bugaliny(?) | goanna | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugalma- | well, to do (Gd) ; carefully, do (Gd) ; heal (Wa) ; correctly, do (Wa) ; correct, be (Wa) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugalma- | make good ; good, make ; repair ; mend ; fix ; cure ; improve | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bugalwan- | good, be ; good, become | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bugalwen- | good, be ; good, become ; recover ; get well | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bugam | ripe | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bugam(gah) | Black Bean tree ; tree, Black Bean | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bugam, bugambil (bunambil M:Liv) | Moreton Bay Chestnut ; Bean Tree ; beanpod of the Moreton Bay Chestnut ; shoe ; boot | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugandar | scrotum | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugaw | rotten ; putrid ; stinking ; smelling vile (meat) ; vile-smelling (of meat) | senses | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugaw jabay | carrion eater ; eater of carrion | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugay (bagay?) | wife's mother ; mother-in-law (man???s) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buginbar | peak, a | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bugir-an.ga- | clear | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| bugul | meaning unknown | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bugum | love (Gd) ; sorry (Wa) | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugumwi- | sexual desire, to have | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buguny | death-adder | reptile | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bugur | clever ; clever man | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bugur | rope ; string ; fishing line | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
