Muurrbay plans to conduct workshops around Bundjalung-Yugambeh country to help people use this online dictionary. It is a work in progress so your feedback is important to us. Please read the instructions by following the "more" button below.
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All dialects
| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| yabura gabal | Yabbara cobbil | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mulayim | yabby ; crayfish | fish | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yaburahny | Yaburong ; Yar birain | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| dam-dahm | yam | food | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| juybam | yam of water lily ; waterlily yam | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| gurambahng | yam, small species of | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| birihn | Yamba ; Maclean | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ganay | yamstick ; digging stick ; woomera ; throwing-stick | artifact | Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahny bira- | yawn | body_part | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| widjagang | yellow | colour | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| mangah | yellow | colour | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngahny | Yellow Robin ; Robin, Yellow | bird | All | [more] | |
| bigin | Yellow Wood ; tree, 'Long Jack' ; 'Long Jack' tree | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ganggehng-ba- | yelp | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ganggehngbay | yelp | animal | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yungbal | yelp, a ; bark, a | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yawu(y), yaw, yaway, yuway | yes | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngeh, ngih | yes | people | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yuway, yawu, yaw, yaway | yes | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jawa | yes | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| ngehmbe | yes (yes indeed) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngin | yes ; and | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| yuweh | yes ; certainly ; of course | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yaway | yes ; certainly ; of course | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| ngeh | yes, and | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| ngubu warbu | yesterday | time | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| nguburahbu | yesterday | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngububu | yesterday | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuhbu | yesterday | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngubuh gunah | yesterday | time | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gahnyibu ngubu | yesterday | time | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| ngubu | yesterday ; tomorrow ; one day away (past or future) | time | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| yaygir | Yeygir language ; Yaegl language | language | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| yilbagan | Yilbogan | location | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gilah | yonder | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gilamba | yonder ; that distant | location | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngin | you | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wehlu | you | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wiya | you (nominative) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| wihya | you (nominative) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| wanyi | you (object) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngirimany | you (plural) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bulaganbanyi | you (plural) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| bula | you (plural) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| ngirihmang | you (plural, subject) | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahnyi, wanyi | you (singular object accusative) | All | [more] | ||
| wihnyi | you (singular object, accusative) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahlu | you (singular) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahlu | you (singular) | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wahlu | you (singular) | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| wudjah | you (singular), for ; for you (singular) | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wudjeh | you (singular, intransitive subject) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| wiyeh | you (singular, intransitive subject) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| weh, wih | you (singular, intransitive) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wihlu | you (singular, transitive subject) | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| bulaganmihr | you all | animal | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| ngali-wudjeh | you and I | Middle Clarence | [more] | ||
| yun.gum midjin | you scoundrel! | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wiya ngering (bulayli(gan)) | you two | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| wulbaw | young | Copmanhurs | [more] | ||
| nyamul | young (of any animal) ; baby ; calf ; pup | animal | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bayahnydja | young ; new ; recent (of today or present) | time | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| gibaridja (?) | young man | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabudjil, jabuyil | young man (15-20 years) | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gibar | young man ; adolescent boy | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jabuhgil | young man ; man, young | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| baling | young man ; man, young | people | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| gumban.gir | young man with ritual scars back and front ; lad who has received his gumban or 'scars on his breast' | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gamban.gir | young man with ritual scars back and front ; ritual scars back and front, young man with | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjaragan | young woman ; woman, young | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| gin | young woman ; woman, young ; girl | people | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| jahnigir | young woman of marriageable age ; woman (young) of marriageable age ; marriageable age, young woman of | people | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bulagana | your (plural) | Lower Richmond | [more] | ||
| wungah | your (singular) ; yours (singular) | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| -bihny | your own | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| wangah, (wungah?) | yours (thine) | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | ||
| jurih | yourself ; yourselves | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | ||
| yagarabal | Yugarabul language ; Yagarabal language | language | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| yugumbeh | Yugumbeh dialect | language | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| nuhbilihn | Yulgilbar | Middle Clarence | [more] |
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