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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] |
