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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -wula | also ; too | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wubi | deaf | body_part | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wubihn, wubin | clever (expert) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wubihnyma- | eat, make ; feed | food | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wubil, gubil | beautiful ; pretty | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wubin + -an.ga- | able, be | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wubin-wubin | self-conceited person | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wudj-wudj | Pied Butcherbird ; Grey Butcherbird ; Butcherbird, Pied ; Butcherbird, Grey | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wudjah | you (singular), for ; for you (singular) | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wudjamahmbura | bangalow stick | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| wudjang | grass ; generic grass (Gd) ; grass (generic) (Gd) | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wudjarbiny | flower | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wudje(h), wudjeh | cedar, red ; red cedar | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wudjebah | ground where cedars grow | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wudjebal | Wudjebal dialect | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wudjeh | you (singular, intransitive subject) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wudjehbal | dialect spoken to the south-west of Wahlubal at Tabulam | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wudjimbiny | groin | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wudjir(bu) | dawn ; (first) daylight ; daylight (first) | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wudjir, wudjirah(bu) | daylight ; dawn | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wudjuhn | wicked | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wudjur(u) | tea-tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wudjurbuny | thief | people | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| wudwud | butcherbird | bird | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wuginy, guginy | fast | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wuginyah | hurry up ; quick, be | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wuh, uh | or | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wuhba- | tell ; order ; command | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wuhbi | deaf | senses | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wuhbi- | lose ; forget ; conceal ; concealed, cause to be | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wuhbili- | forget | senses | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wuhbilima- | lose | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wuhdjil | kangaroo | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wuhlilwen- | satisfied, be (of hunger) | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wuhm | baby | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wuhng (?), wahgun, wuhgan | cockle | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wuhngma- | argument, try to pick an ; nag at someone | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wuhny-, wuhny ba- | whistle | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wuhnybal | whistling | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wuhrba- | hide ; cover | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wuhrbay | death ; dead | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| wuhrbe | jungle | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wuhrbinygany, wuhrbunygan | curlew | bird | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wuhrgambay | snipe | bird | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| wuhru | neck | body_part | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wula- | give | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wula-wula- | share around | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wulah | talk | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulalbu | lots of ; plenty | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wulambila | sole (fish) | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulambiny | Mt Warning | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulang | leaf | plant | All | [more] | |
| wulangga- | expect | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wulanybil | thorn | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulari | pigeons, flock of | bird | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| wularu | shade ; shadow | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulba(h)-, wulwa- | hang ; suspend | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wulba- | choke | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulba- | hit (?) ; kill(?) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| wulbang | woman, young ; young woman | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wulbang, jalgany | woman, Aboriginal | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulbang, wulbanggan | girl ; woman, young | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulbaw | young | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| wulbi- | noise, make | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wulbili- | whistle | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wulbuh | crane, grey ; heron, lead-coloured ; crane, blue | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulbumbi- | whistle | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wulbung | girl, teenage ; teenage girl | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wule | at all ; somewhat ; rather | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wulgalar | elopement | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wulgumbili- | whistle | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wulima- | find ; obtain | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wulima- | find (after looking) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wulu | ankle ; foot of tree ; tree trunk ; butt (of tree) | body_part | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wulugali | parrot, Lowri ; Lowri parrot | bird | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wululuny | pigeon species ; pigeon, wonga ; pigeon ; dove | bird | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wulun | out there | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| wulungar | rock, large ; rocks (?) | natural_environment | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| wulungga | in front | location | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| wuluwah | rail, saltwater ; saltwater rail | bird | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
