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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -ny | thing/person acted on by a verb ; person/thing acted on by a verb | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -nyi | than ; for fear of ; fear of (for) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| -nyun, -nyan | while ; where ; when | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nya, nyahla | see! ; watch out! | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyabay | water | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyabay-nyabay | water-having | natural_environment | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyabaywen- | melt | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyagar | empty ; no longer useful | artifact | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyah- | what | All | [more] | ||
| nyah- | see ; look ; look at ; watch ; find | senses | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyah-nya(h) | be careful! | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyah-nyah-nyah! | take care ; be careful | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyahdjindi- | find? | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyahgi | what....want | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyahla | see! | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyahlu | what with? ; something with | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyahn | she | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyahn.gan, nyahgan | she | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyahn.ganah | her (possessive) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyahnbira- | gape | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyahnydjam, nyahndjam | blind | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyahr | sinew ; vein | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyalagingga- | tell a lie ; lie | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyalagini- | lie to ; deceive ; cheat | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyalar | tears | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyali | when? | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyalnyehlbay | buzzing noise in ears ; tinnitus | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyalyal | hurt | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyam | bit at a time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyamal | often | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyambir | little ; small | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyamgi- | close ; shut | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyamin | palm tree, small | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyaminbah | Numinbah | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyaminy | kangaroo, black buck | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyamul | young (of any animal) ; baby ; calf ; pup | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyamul bira-/burah- | give birth (of animal) | animal | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyamul gayiribini | birth | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyamul, nyamulbin | animal, young | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyanay | leech, scrub | insect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyanda | lagoon ; lake ; marsh ; swamp | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyandihn(?) | swamp | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyang | what ; something ; question marker | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyang, nya-, nyah- | what ; something ; eh? | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyang, nyangbal | Nyangbal | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyang- | make | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyanga-, nyangga- | do (what) ; do something (with) ; make (something) ; make what with ; paint ; do what with ; know what to do with | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyangba- | say what ; say something ; what (do you) call | language | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyangbal | Nyangbal dialect | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyangbu | how many ; so many | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyangbu | what's-it ; thing | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyangdjahn | nothing | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyangga | bird, regent | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyangga | sun | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyangga, nangga-nangga, nyanggar | bird, regent ; bowerbird, regent ; regent bird | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyangga, nyanggar | sun ; day | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyangga-, nganggi- | All | [more] | |||
| nyangga-bahn.gan | sunrise | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyangga-gayan | sunset ; afternoon (late in the day) | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyanggal | hot (temperature) ; sweat | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyanggal + -an.ga- | sweat | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyanggalgir | summer | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyanggalgir, nyanggalgan | summer ; hot ; heat | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyanggay | day ; daytime ; sun time ; hot/warm time ; heat from sun | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyanggi | what want ; what (are you) for, what (do you) want? | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyanggur (nyanggul) | what ; what please ; whether | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| nyangguri (?) | sun | natural_environment | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| nyangi-, nyanga- | what...do? | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyangili- | have what the matter with ; have something the matter with | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyanguwihn | what's up! | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyanyehny | grasshopper (generic) | insect | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyaram | jew lizard, bearded ; jew lizard ; lizard, jew ; Bearded Dragon ; Dragon, Bearded | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyaram | lizard, blue-tongued | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyaram, ngaram | lizard, frilled | reptile | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| nyari | name | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyariba- | name ; give name to ; call | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| nyarima- | name | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| nyarum (Gd), nyurahm (Wa) | wart | body_part | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nyaruny | father's sister ; aunt (father's sister) | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| nyawan(?), nyari nyawan | spring (season) | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] |
