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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -nga(h) | of ; belonging to | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -ngan | sympathy | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -nggahl, -gahl | after | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ngi | inhabiting | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ngi, -ngih | and | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ngin | All | [more] | |||
| -ngu | from ; out of ; through | All | [more] | ||
| -ngu | All | [more] | |||
| -nguhrgan | having ; with | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ngula | also ; too | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -ngurgan | having ; possessing ; containing | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| -nguy, -ngu, -ng | topic change | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngaban, ngabany | All | [more] | |||
| ngabany | quickly ; quick | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngabar | quick ; fast ; often ; quickly | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngabar-ngabar | often | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngabarma- | do (something) quickly ; hurry up and do something | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngabarmaya | immediately ; at once | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngabe | still more | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngabi-, nabeh- | begin ; play ; off you go (?) | All | [more] | ||
| ngabnuy (?) | thirsty | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaburay | teenage woman ; woman, teenage | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngaburgale | frost | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngabuwa | dark | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngabuy, ngabuygam(?), nenidjing | lawyer vine(s) ; vine(s), lawyer ; lawyer cane ; cane, lawyer | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngadjah | me, for | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngadjan | sunning place of reptile ; reptile sunning place | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngadjang | grandfather ; grandson | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngadjang-gali | elder ; spirit being, powerful | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngadjang-nguhr | pelican | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngadjangah | bowerbird, regent ; regent bowerbird | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngadjga-, ngadjgah- | whisper | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngadjgahy | whisper ; whispering | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngadjinggirgan | wife (?) (Gn) | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngadju | I (ergative) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngadjugam | perch, fresh-water | fish | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngagam | tame dog ; dog (tame) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngagam-ngagam | oak, small species with yellow flowers | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngagi- | disappear | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngagihndi- | run away | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngagilima- | turn into | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngagu | black ; dark | colour | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngagu | night ; quiet place (Gd:Smy only) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaguwan- | dark, become ; black, become ; night, become | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngah, ngeh | and | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngahgum | king parrot ; parrot, king | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngahguny | night | time | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngahlir | burp ; wind ; belch | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahmar | axe, large | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahn, ngahnduwal | Ngahnduwal dialect | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngahn, ngehn | who? ; somebody ; someone | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngahna | whose | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngahnduwal | Ngandowal ; Tweed Valley dialect | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngahng, ngong | Bundjalung ball game ; ball game, Bundjalung | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngahnggaw | owl, large species of | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahny | top ; summit | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahny | high ; wide | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngahny | one who likes to be waited upon by others ; waited upon by others, one who likes to be | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahny | Yellow Robin ; Robin, Yellow | bird | All | [more] | |
| ngahny bira- | yawn | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahnybir | gape ; yawn | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahnybun | hill ; hillock | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahnyma- | lift | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngahr | hunting ; hunt | food | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahr | splash ; plop | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahra-, ngahra | play | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngahri | game ; dance ; play ; playing | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngahri- | play ; dance ; boil ; rough (water) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| ngahri-bihny | playground | location | All | [more] | |
| ngahri-gali | person who dances or plays around ; dances or plays around, person who | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahri-gubih | toy | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahri-jagun | dancing ground | location | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngahribabar | over | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahribih | dancing ground | location | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngahridjan | fun | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngahrilihgu | ready | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngahrima- | music, make | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngahrin | dancing ; rough (of water) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahrindi- | dance while holding something | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngahrindihn, ngahrandiyan (?) | playground ; corroboree | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngahriny-ngahriny | amusing thing | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngahwiny | hot (of people) | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahwun | duck, wood ; wood duck | bird | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngal | quickly | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngalawa- | look for ; ask (for) ; search ; hunt ; find ; ask question ; question, ask | food | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngalaway | question | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngaleh | also | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngalgal, nalgal (?) | dingo | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngalgir | perhaps | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngali | we (intransitive subject) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngali-wahlu | we and you | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngali-wudjeh | you and I | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngalihrban | all of us ; we all | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngalu, ngalu(h) | dark ; night(time) (Gn) ; night ; darkness | time | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaluh | tree goanna ; goanna, tree | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngalumbe | shark (?) | fish | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngama | breast ; milk | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngamah | carrion-eater | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngamahbil | milk | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngamahl | goanna, tree ; tree goanna ; goanna | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngamahr | goanna | reptile | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngamal | fork (between legs) | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngamandjin | seahawk, red and white | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngamang, ngahmang | milk ; breast, woman's | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngamanggah- | ride ; copulate with ; have sex with | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngamarbilahr | fork of tree | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngamaweh | gently ; softly | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngambahr | almost ; nearly ; not quite ; more or less ; somewhat. | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngambany | cover ; hut ; house or blanket ; blanket or house | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngambanygar (?) | horse | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngambi | cabbage tree | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngambi(?) | vulva | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngambibihny | cabbage tree (palm) | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngambil | top | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngambuhni-, ngambuhnggi- | slow, be | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngambuhr | soft ; slow | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngambuhrma- | slowly, do ; softly, do | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngamgayi- | dive | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngamgir(?) | headland | natural_environment | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngamin | breasts | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngamun | wise | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngan.giri | spit ; saliva | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nganah | mistake ; error | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nganbanuba (anbanuba) | oath | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngandahla | ironbark, silver-leafed | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngandam (?) | snake, red ; red snake | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngandan | corpse | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngandan | sticks, green ; firewood, wet | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngandan | windbreak | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngandan-gahlawa- | cook on green firewood | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngandany | end, far ; end, other ; far end ; other end | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngandar | others ; others, the | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngandir | night ; dark ; black | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngandjar | weak (when someone coming) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngandjar (nydj) | false ; untrue ; lie | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngandjar-(ngandjar(-gali)) (nydj) | lie (falsehood) ; pretence | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngandjara- (nydj) | pretend ; lie | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngandjaranying (nydj) | liar | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngang(g)arih | sap | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nganggaw | owl species | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nganyah | my (own) ; mine | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nganyahgan | my daughter ; daughter, my | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nganyalbula | fork (in road or river) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nganyaw, nganyang | jest ; joke | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nganydjar buhyi- | tell a lie ; lie | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nganydjarma- | tell a lie ; lie | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nganyi | me | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nganyi nganyi nganyi | oh dear! ; oh dear me! | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngara | again | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngara | perhaps ; I think | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngaragan | axe-handle | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarah?wal | name of branch of Bandjalang living between Tweed Heads and Southport | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarahngbal | name of dialect spoken in Coolangatta (Gold Coast) area ; Coolangatta (Gold Coast) area , name of dialect spoken in ; Coolangatta (Gold Coast) area dialect | language | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaram miyi- | depart (never to return) | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngaram, nyaram | lizard, frilled ; frilled lizard | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngaranyma- | ask | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngarbany | betrothal ; marriage ; place of betrothal or marriage | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarbany | fishing net ; net, fishing | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarbinydja | resident in a place with expectancy of getting married | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarehr | cockatoo, black with red feathers ; black cockatoo with red feathers | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngargahybi | pregnant ; about to become father/mother | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngargay | pregnant | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngarihngbil | foreigner ; person from other side ; stranger | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarihngbina (?) | elsewhere ; far side of anything ; other side | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarim | shin ; tibia | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarima- | name | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngaring | across ; on the other side | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaring | over ; across ; abolve | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaring gimi- | opposite | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngaring julba- | pay attention ; butt in on a conversation | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngaringbin- | go across ; go over | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngaringga | person on other side | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaringga- | go across ; go over ; cross over | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngaringwahr | other side ; far side ; opposite side | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarmin | bat | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarugbanyin (narugbalnin) | goose, wild | bird | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngaruhn | Mullet, Pink-eyed ; Pink-Eyed Mullet | fish | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarul | tree, box ; box tree species ; gum-topped box tree ; boxwood | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngarun | mussel ? | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaruny | father's sister ; aunt | people | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaruy | cave | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngarwandjan | stealer of a woman | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngaw | I (ergative) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngawan | lillypilly | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngawgay | creek, upper reaches of | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngawgaydjal | person who lives near the upper reaches of a creek ; upper reaches of a creek, person who lives near the | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngawiny, ngawing | tired ; breathing ; panting | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngawra ngawra | possum, scrub | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngawray + -an.ga- | speak | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngawray-djam | dumb | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngawrul | possum, female grey | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngawuny | gum | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngawuny | hot | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngawuny | thirsty | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngay | I | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngay | I (intransitive subject) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| ngay (ngayi, ngayu) | I (1st person singular) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngaya(h) | me, for | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngayahdjil | belonging to me ; mine | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngayahn | haze, greyish, of falling rain | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngayal | ground (Wa) ; earth ; soil ; dirt (Wa) ; mud (Wa) ; clay (Gd, Cop) ; floor (of house) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngayar | steep ? | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngayaram | name of place between Tabulam and Pretty Gully ; Tabulam and Pretty Gully, name of a place between | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngaygil | single | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngayir | cliff ; cave (Cas) | natural_environment | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngayu, ngayul | I | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngayuhrba- | groan | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nge | and ; but | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngeh | yes, and | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| ngeh (nga?) | and ; also | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngeh gidja | closing comment of a narrative | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngeh, ngih | yes | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngehmbe | yes (yes indeed) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngehn, ngahn | who? ; somebody ; someone | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngehn, ngehndu | Ngehnduwal dialect | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngehn, ngihn | who (singular) ; someone ; somebody | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngehnbihny | hillock ; knob | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngehr | near ; vicinity | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngehyagah | certainly ; of course | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngering, ngerinbahm | cicada | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngi | eh? ; isn't it? ; question tag | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngidjahng | brave ; daring ; courage | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngigam | moon | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngihl | forehead ; brow (Gn) ; ground (Gn) | body_part | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihl | ground | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihlim | eyebrow | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngihm ba- | ask for ; ask someone for something | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngihma- | squeeze | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngihmba | perhaps | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihmbani | where from | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihmbari | person from (of) where | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihmbi- | ask for ; request ; demand | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngihn (Wi), ngehn (M), ngahn (Ng) | who? ; somebody ; someone | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngihn, ngehn | who? (singular) ; someone | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngihn.garah | who? (plural) ; some people | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngihnadjur | navel | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihr | forehead | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihr gawahny | seasonal change | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihra- | look upwards | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngihrgawany | spring (season) | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihrgil | river bank ; bank, river | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihrgin | eyebrows ; eyelashes | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngihriny | snake, green | reptile | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngil | ground | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngin | yes ; and | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngin | you | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngin.garah | who (plural) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngin.ginbahn | personal name | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nginarugan, nginarun | she-dog ; dog, she- | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nginduny, ngindunybah | snake, creeping | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nginggalama (?) | they | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nginyehr | similar to ; like ; approximately (of position) | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nginyinggam | parrot, green leek ; green leek parrot | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngiram, niyam | gum | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngirbin | gorge wall ; slope, very steep | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngirigahn | scruffy ; untidy looking person ; scruffy looking person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngirihmang | you (plural, subject) | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngirihny | he with... ; she with.... | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngirimany | you (plural) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngiring | both | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngiriny | angry | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngong, ngahng | ball game, Bundjalung | language | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngubar-ngubar | daily ; every day | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubu | yesterday ; tomorrow ; one day away (past or future) | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubu warbu | yesterday | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngububu | yesterday | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubudjang | tomorrow | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubugan | one day away (past or future) | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuh gunah | yesterday | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuhbu | yesterday | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuhwar | two days away ; day after tomorrow ; day before yesterday | time | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuhya | ignorant ; greenhorn | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngubuny | vine, climbing (large) | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubur | blunt | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nguburahbu | yesterday | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuwarbu | day before yesterday | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuwardjang | day after tomorrow | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuyah | new ; young | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngudjal | spiritual blessing or strength | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngudjal ba- | search for spiritual blessing or strength ; spiritual blessing or strength, search for | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngudjal-gali | person who frequently seeks for spiritual experiences ; spiritual experiences, person who frequently seeks for | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngudjalbahy | searching for spiritual blessing, act of | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngudjumbuny | Woodenbong | location | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngudjumbunybari | Woodenbong resident | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngugun | female's brother's child ; niece or nephew (female's brother's child) | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguguy | night | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguh | dark (of hole or cave) | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhdjing | perspiration | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhdjingi- | sweat ; perspire | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhlun | bream, bony | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nguhmbiny | house | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhmbinyma- | house, build ; house, make | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguhn ba- | buzz | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguhn-djang | pungent | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nguhn.gali- | warm, get ; hot, get ; warmer, become | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nguhn.gu | summer | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhn.guwi- | become dusk | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhnma- | heat | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguhny | black paint ; charcoal ; embers ; soot ; paint, black | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhny-nguny | ant | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhnyba | snake, black | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nguhnyba | snake (generic) | reptile | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhr | growl (of dog) ; moan | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhr-ba | growl ; growl (of dog) | animal | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguhra- | growl | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nguhraldja | summer | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| nguhrba- | hide | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguhrwa- | surround ; encircle ; go round | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguhwuny | hot ; warm ; heat | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguhwunywan- | hot, become | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngula- | speak | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngulahr | flood ; waterfall | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulahrwen- | flood | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulam | catfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngulan | point ; tick (insect) | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngularun | night | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngulbihny | canoe ; boat | artifact | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguleh | and ; also | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngululi, guluwi | fish, diamond ; diamond fish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngulumga | tea tree ; ti tree | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulung | in front ; ahead ; first ; before ; (in) front (of something) ; forward (Gd) | location | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulung bura-, ngulung-buhyi- | move to the front | senses | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulung, ngulungmay | first ; foremost ; before ; in front ; soon ; later on | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulung-djahng | right now ; straight away | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulung-gah-bu | ahead, long way ahead | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulung-nguluhng | self-assertive person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulungbu | first ; before | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngulungbu, ngulungmal | leader ; one in front | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulunggir | wasp, small species of | insect | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulunggu | soon ; pretty soon | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngulungmal | leader, a | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulungmay | by-and-by ; soon ; directly | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngulungmay, ngulung | soon ; later on | time | All | [more] | |
| nguluny | digging-stick ; yamstick | artifact | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngumban | blanket | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngumban.gan | stingray | fish | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngumbangaru (?) | horse | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngumbih-ngumbih, ngumbiny-ngumbiny | humpies | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngumbinda- | make a house | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngumbiny | camp ; house ; hut ; dwelling ; blanket ; rag ; cover ; bark | artifact | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| ngumbinybar | hut | artifact | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngun | direction ; region ; vicinity | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngunda- | wait ; wait for ; accompany | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngundadjindi- | look after ; take care of | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngundjulahm, nguhnydjulahm | moss | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguny-nguny | ant (generic) ; ant, small black | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngunyan.ga- | amused | senses | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngunyang | marrow ; pus | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngunyuhm | turtle, long-necked | fish | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngunyung | black | colour | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| ngurahm | sleep ; asleep ; sleeping | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngurahm yina- | sleep | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngurahm-gali | sleepyhead | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngurahmbil | sleepy | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngurahmwen- | sleepy, get ; sleepy, become | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngurahn | wallaroo | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngurang | mussel | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngurihny | emu | bird | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nguru | ghost ; shade ; shadow (of a human being) | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nguru wandehn | dead person's spirit ; spirit ; person recently deceased | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nguruh | reflection ; shadow in water ; water, shadow in | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguruhng (?) | loud | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngurun | sky | natural_environment | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngurun(g) | sky ; blue (of sky) ; sky blue | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguruny, ngurihny | emu | bird | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguruny-nguruhny | dragon-fly | insect | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguwiny-nguwiny | charcoal ; embers | food | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nguy | true ; truly ; real ; actual ; indeed | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguy | topic marker | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nguya- | speak | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nguyagal | Red Forest Oak, Rose Sheoak, Forest Oak ; Oak, Forest ; Sheoak, Rose ; Oak, Red Forest | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nguyali- | accompany | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguyan | friend, male | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguyandjargan, nguyanbihnygan | friend, female | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguyay | language ; speech ; word ; letter ; Bundjalung language | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguyay-gali | chatterbox, male ; gossiper, male | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguyay-galigan | gossiper, female ; chatterbox, female | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguyayma- | say (something) ; speak (a language) ; talk | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguyeh | language ; dialect ; word ; speech | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nguyma- | tell truth | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nguyma- (Bj), nguyay (Ng) | speak ; talk | language | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] |
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Supported through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages Support program and New Media program. Copyright © Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative
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