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