Ngadjon words with English equivalents
Ngadjon words with English equivalents
| Ngadjon | English |
|---|---|
| baaji | fern (blechnum) |
| baambu | velvet bollywood |
| baangga-n | cross river by walking on log |
| baanggi-nyu | take short cut |
| baanggirra | satin ash (grey) |
| baanyja-nyu | grumble |
| baarra-n | hit (down) with rounded tool |
| baarranggaa | pink oak, sarsparilla |
| baba | deaf |
| babala | bone |
| babi | father's mother's sister |
| babi | father's mother's brother |
| babi | female's son's child |
| babi | father's mother |
| babi-n | cut thin layer off |
| babun | blind in one eye |
| badaa | white |
| badambadam | half caste |
| badambadam | half caste |
| badi-n | hook |
| bagaga-nyu | rum off path (into bush) |
| bagamu | wompoo pigeon |
| bagi | gardenia |
| bagurr | sword |
| bajala | bald |
| bajala | flat stone |
| bajala | flat rock |
| baja-n | bite |
| bajinjilajila | spangled drongo |
| baji-nyu | fall down |
| bajirri | water goanna |
| bajunda-nyu | go straight past |
| balalaa | devil bush |
| balban | knob on tree |
| balbanbalban | lumpy (tree only) |
| balburru | armlets (lawyer cane) |
| balilum | water swirling at comer |
| balmbu | gathered together |
| balmbu | rolled up, gathered together |
| balmbuma-n | put things together |
| balun | fig (no fruit) |
| balurr | curved woomera |
| bambaa | unknowingly, for no reason |
| bamba-nyu | feel uncomfortable, unhappy |
| bambu | eyeball |
| bambun | healthy |
| bana | water (generic) |
| bana balbanggay | small rat |
| banabana | maple silkwood |
| bana-bayi-n | wring clothes |
| bana-n | break off with hand |
| banayirrmban | shining flycatcher |
| banba | fig (Moreton Bay) |
| banba-nyu | shake involuntarily |
| banbi | forehead (lower) |
| bandaba | sassafras (scentless) |
| bandagaa | very long time ago |
| banda-nyu | burst, come out of water |
| bandarra | bottle (generic) |
| banduy | crow's nest fem |
| bangan | lots of (volume, size) |
| bangan | big (& older) sibling |
| banggaa | spear (generic) |
| banggaa | echidna spike |
| banggan | tail of fish or eel |
| bangga-n | draw/paint with finger |
| banggurru | freshwater turtle |
| bangula | wild cucumber |
| bangun | crooked, bent |
| banigin | pannikin |
| bani-nyu | come |
| banjal | simple, half witted |
| banjal | red back fairy wren |
| banja-n | follow (person, track etc) |
| banjirr | sarsparilla vine |
| banju-n | refuse to |
| banyi-n | chop/split rotten log |
| banyjaabanyjaa | tree with corrugated bark |
| baayjLin | throw something fine |
| barraa | in a few days, next week |
| barrabarra | ripple |
| barrabarranyjila | lizard in scrub |
| barrabii | staghom fern |
| barrany | dawn |
| barrayarrany | tomorrow, the next day |
| barrban | multi prong spear |
| barrga | lawyer cane (smallest) |
| barri | axe - white man's |
| barrma-nyti | wander aimlessly, lost |
| barrmbi-nyu | flash, glitter |
| barmgan | young boy |
| bawurra | dynamite (Loan word) |
| bayan | pocket in scrub |
| bayan | camping place near buluba |
| baya-n | sing |
| baybu | pipe (Loan word) |
| baygaa | uninhabited |
| baygi | bag (Loan word) |
| baygu-n | shake, wave |
| bayil | file (Loan word) |
| bayi-n | twist, stir |
| bayinbam | grub in butt of rotten tree |
| bibaa | black wood beetle |
| bibiya | Alexander palm |
| bibu | half full |
| bidin | fish scale |
| bidin | nut shell |
| bidin | egg shell |
| bidin | turtle shell, mussel shell |
| bidin | scale of fish |
| bidulu | shoulder blade |
| biga | stick to carry fish |
| bigali | eel (great big one) |
| bigarram | diarrhoea |
| bigibigi | pig |
| bigibigi | pig (Loan word) |
| bigin | shield |
| biguny | toe nail |
| biguny | finger nail |
| biiba-n | put on/in |
| biibu-n | spit a curse at someone |
| biimarra | flood |
| biimba-n | push abruptly, shove- |
| biimbirran | all large parrots |
| biirrin | tapping of boomerangs |
| biirrum | intersection |
| bijany | scar or any mark |
| biji-jala | wide (eg road) |
| biji-n | hit with rounded implement |
| biju | brown goshawk |
| bijurru | sneaking about |
| bila | crotch |
| bila-balnga-nyu | dance (shake-a leg) |
| bila-n | send |
| bilandaa | big handle of dilly bag |
| bilaynggirr | blanket (Loan word) |
| bilga | frightened, scared |
| bilgi | belt |
| biligan | billy can |
| biliji | plate (Loan word) |
| bili-nyu | climb tree |
| bilmba | hole |
| biimbirran | king parrot |
| bilmbu | widower |
| bilumba | hip |
| bimbirrbimbirr | native tamarind |
| binba-n | cut to.make bleed |
| binbi | dog's urine |
| binda | on horseback, on shoulder |
| binda | shoulder |
| binda | waterfall |
| bindaa | laurel leaf vine |
| bindabinda | ladybird |
| bindiny | tail bone |
| binduba | prawn (biggest one) |
| binggu | cabbage crowsfoot |
| binggun | tired out, exhausted |
| bingu | bandicoot, long nosed |
| binnguy | bullock's horn |
| binyjin wasp | black, nests in sand |
| binyjin | petrol (Loan word) |
| binyju | tasteless (food) |
| binyju | not sweet enough (drink) |
| biriny | salt water |
| birraji | yellow spotted honeyeater |
| birrarr | crowsfoot |
| Birrba-nyu | bite meat off bone |
| birrbindili | bumble bee |
| birrbubirrbu | cross boomerang |
| birrgala | barn owl |
| Birri-n | push right away |
| birrjan | heavy |
| Birrma-nyu | look back |
| birru | roost for bird |
| biyarr | stretcher to carry someone |
| biyarran | pandanus (climber, slender leaf) |
| biyilbiyil | peewee |
| bubi-n | pull off |
| bubuu | debris after flood |
| buda-nyu | pull to pieces, pull down |
| budi-n | take/bring in hand |
| budir | married woman |
| budumbarram | ant - black ant in rotten wood |
| buga | rotten, stinking |
| bugama-n | chase after, run down |
| bugambugam | burr |
| bugan | clearing |
| bugan | bush fire |
| bugii | stomach |
| bugu | stone fish |
| bugu | Faraday's vine |
| bugu | fork (Loan word) |
| bugulbugul | shag, small |
| bugun | spring |
| bujala | soft (fruit, wood, meat) |
| buja-nyu | feel cold |
| buji | cat (Loan word) |
| bujimburram | stink beetle |
| bujir | married couple |
| bujurr | butt of tree |
| bujuru | feather head dress |
| bulaa | fire fly |
| bulambulam | lots of bright/white things |
| bulayi | two |
| bulbu | hair (grey) |
| bulijiman | policeman (Loan word) |
| bulin | lake, lagoon |
| bulin | bullet (Loan word) |
| bulindal | swamp hen |
| bumboo | turkey eggs |
| bulmbun | praying over dead body |
| bulu | father's father |
| bulu | male's son's child |
| bulu | father's father's brother |
| bulu | father's father's sister |
| buluba | fighting ground |
| bulu-dadi-n | catch & hold down |
| bulugi | beef |
| bulugi | bullock (Loan word) |
| bulunbarri | wild raspberry |
| buma | sign to show direction |
| bumba | ashes |
| bumba | dust |
| bumba | dry |
| bumbal | standing up stick |
| bumban | walnut |
| bumbilan | stinging nettle vine |
| bumirra-nyu | climb tree using lawyer cane |
| bumirri | sandstone - used as rasp |
| bunarra | bow and arrow (Loan word) |
| bunbunbu | pheasant coucal |
| bunda | ant - small, black, stinging |
| bundan | grasshopper |
| bunda-n | break (non rigid thing) |
| bundurrman | spinning top |
| bungaa | possum, small |
| bunga-n | descend (not river) |
| bungga-n | empty out, spill, spit |
| bunggi-nyu | sieve |
| bunggiyam | cymbidium orchid |
| bunggu | knee |
| bunggu-bana-n | bend over,fold |
| bunggurraa | snore |
| bungiirra-nyu | camp out |
| bungi-n | lie down |
| bungu | maggot |
| bungubungu | white necked heron |
| bungun | womb |
| bungun | drums for dance |
| buni | fire |
| bunjurru | boot, shoe |
| bunmara | green tree snake |
| bunmarra | lawyer cane (black) |
| bunu | evening star |
| bunuu | march fly |
| bunuu | poison peach, raft tree |
| bunya-n | weave, plait |
| bunyja-n | pull out with jerk |
| bunyji | fig (Boonjie) |
| burara | kangaroo, large |
| burgulum | ant - big, red, savage |
| burnggan | white ants (nest on ground) |
| bumggan | white ant nest |
| burra | stale, gone off |
| burraambun | moss |
| burranda | verandah (Loan word) |
| burrawungaa | bad spirit |
| burraya | cave |
| burrbuny | coarse (wild flour) |
| burrbuny | gravel, coarse sand |
| burrgii | sedge |
| burrim | near, close |
| burrjarr | fever |
| burmgu | slug |
| burmyja | place where camp has been |
| burmyja | animal pad/regular track |
| burru | rhinosceros beetle |
| burrubaa | boil |
| buuga-nyu | swallow (solid matter) |
| buugi-nyu | go walkabout |
| buumbi-nyu | father a child |
| buun | spoon (Loan word) |
| buungu | thick, long (grass) |
| buunyji-nyu | disintegrate |
| buurrarra | wallaby (agile) |
| buurru | elbow |
| buurrujingaa | rufous fan tail |
| buyabarra | quartz stone |
| buya-n | blows at |
| buyu | scrub |
| buyuba | water snake |
| buyubarra | dingo |
| buyuwuny | wind |
| daaguu | beef wood, crab apple |
| daambarra-nyu | limp |
| daanyjirri | animal hole in tree |
| daanyjirri | basket fern |
| daaru | pillow (of grass, wood etc) |
| daba | forked stick |
| daba-jana-nyu | duck down to protect oneself |
| dada-nyu | descend (down river) |
| dadawu | brown coloured frog |
| dadi-n | cover over |
| dagaa | wood chips |
| dagan | nose ornament |
| dagany | septum |
| dagul | ankle |
| dagurrba | fig (red leaf) |
| daj i-nyu | cut steps in tree |
| daju-n | spread blanket for bed |
| dalaa | locust |
| dalgil | scented maple |
| dalgil | walnut (Mueller's) |
| dalu | forehead (upper) |
| dalu | long log |
| daman | niece (mother's side) |
| daman | nephew (mother's side) |
| daman | son - said by mother |
| daman | daughter - said by mother |
| damarri | centipede |
| dambaa | shin |
| dambun | man of the woods |
| damu | large frog |
| dandaa | rounded frame for mija |
| dandal | collar bone |
| danda-n | wax (something) |
| dandu | log across river or road |
| danga-n | kick |
| danggaa | outer wing (lower part) |
| danggu | mountain scrub frog |
| dangii | river bank |
| darraa | branch broken & dragged away |
| darram | grub wood, white carrabeen |
| dawugan | silver bream |
| dawun | town (Loan word) |
| dibirri | shell cut up (5c size) |
| dibirri | necklace |
| dibul | table (Loan word) |
| didaja | cream silky oak |
| didilnggurra | dollar bird |
| digaa | steep bank |
| digarra | coast |
| digirr | headache |
| digirr | back of mija |
| digu-n | rake away, dig |
| dija-n | meet by chance |
| dilbidilbi | masked plover |
| dimba-nyu | carry other than in hand |
| dimin ' | possum, stinking |
| dingaa | head |
| dingaa-dingaa | bald head |
| dinggaa | piece of jambun (head part) |
| dinggan | nightjar, hammerbird |
| dinu | cool |
| dirra | hailstone |
| dirra | tooth |
| dirra | name (person, animal) |
| dirran | edge of scrub |
| dirrandirran | rainbow bee eater |
| dirra-ngaya-nyu | threaten (with words) |
| dirrba | bare place |
| dirrbaa | smooth, clear, empty |
| dubi-n | shake |
| dubuu | beech (white) |
| dubuu | stomach (internal organ) |
| dubuy | pregnant (same as gujaa) |
| dugu | water blocked eg log |
| dugu | gathered together in a heap |
| duguba | water bag |
| duguy | kauri pine |
| dulgu | heart |
| dulgujulu | yellow oriole |
| dulubu | stars (generic) |
| dumba-n | smash into, knock over |
| dumbii | flange of tree |
| dunga-n | do too little |
| dungga-nyu | refuse invitiation |
| dungga-nyu | cry of warning ( bird) |
| dunggarra-nyu | cry, sob, weep |
| dungun | ripe |
| dungun | child with no father |
| dunjil | small lizard / goanna |
| dunji-nyu | get excited |
| dunu | almond bark |
| durrgan | glad |
| durrga-n | buzzing - bees |
| durrgim | white tail rat |
| durrwa-n | split |
| duugu | thick scrub |
| duugu-n | crack bone with teeth |
| duwa | door (Loan word) |
| duyi | tears |
| gaabu | plenty, lots (more than 4) |
| gaaga-n | leave |
| gaaja-n | have swollen (body part) |
| gaajarrba-nyu | have swollen body (all over) |
| gaanyja-n | break |
| gaanyjim | grub in rotten wood |
| gaanyj i-nyu | have a bellyache, diarrhoea |
| gaarra | point of spear |
| gaarra-n | sneak up quietly |
| gaarri | horizontal strips in dilly bag |
| gaarrubaa | Moreton Bay tree |
| gaba | cup (Loan word) |
| gabarra | hat |
| gabi | fig (parasitic) |
| gabura | scented maple |
| gabuu | forest carpet snake |
| gada | noise - breaking twigs |
| gada | noise -walking on dry leaves |
| gada-n | build house frame |
| gadin | cotton (Loan word) |
| gagaa | hard, solid |
| gagalum | moon |
| gagu | wing of trap |
| gaguju | water skink |
| gajaarra-nyu | dream about |
| gajala | cracked |
| gajamaa | black snake, white belly |
| gajarrma-n | find |
| gajin | girl (2-20) |
| gaju | white ant nest |
| gaju | white ant (nests in trees) |
| gala | earlier on today |
| galabaa | beetle (lives in logs) |
| galaji | tree fern |
| galarri | brown tamarind |
| galbin | niece (father's side) |
| galbin | son - said by father |
| galbin | nephew (father's side) |
| galbin | daughter - said by father |
| galbu | black butcher bird |
| galgaman | frogmouth |
| gali | side, waist |
| galu | lap |
| galubarra | first born |
| galurru | in front |
| galurru | in front, "first" |
| galurrumi | eldest child, first born |
| galurrumi | first one |
| gama | gun (generic) |
| gama | singing style |
| gamaa | striped |
| gamara | cypress pine |
| gamarrgamarr | Macleay / kerosene pine |
| gambanma-n | divide in two |
| gambi | clothes |
| gambii | tablelands |
| gambila | blanket (calico) |
| gamburr | clay - white |
| gamin | vine (generic) |
| gamin | lawyer cane rope for climbing |
| gananyja | hiding place |
| ganda | yam stick |
| ganda-nyu | burn (eg sun, stinging tree) |
| gangabi | multi prong spear for eels etc |
| ganga-n | marry |
| ganggamara | squatting (on haunches) |
| ganggi | yellow walnut |
| ganggu | shorter (but more difficult) route |
| ganggu-baj i-nyu | take shorter & harder route |
| ganguu | chrysallis (second stage) |
| gani | long way |
| ganjanyganjany | armpit |
| ganjun | sticky |
| ganuganu | celery pine, silver bass wood |
| ganyarra | crocodile |
| ganyjirri | brother in law |
| ganyjirri | sister in law |
| ganyjuu | black bean |
| ganyu | grey jew fish |
| garijin | kerosene (Loan word) |
| garraja | current |
| garran | smoke |
| garran-garran | smokey/yellow/ginger colour |
| garrga | sharp |
| garrgal | arm |
| garrgi-nyu | want to go (somewhere) |
| garri | sun |
| garri | daylight |
| garrigan-ga | very thin |
| garriraaa | summer |
| garrimaa | summer |
| garrmaa | ear wax |
| garrmaa | bees' wax |
| garrma-n | crawl (eg insects on person) |
| garmggan | black goanna, big |
| garru-gada-n | go past without seeing |
| garuba | umbrella palm |
| gawaa | stripey edible snail |
| gawa-dija-n | meet by chance on road |
| gawal i-nyu | play cubby house |
| gawam | tree fem |
| gawandaa | breath |
| gawarala | axe - traditional, small |
| gawima | finely ground (wild flour) |
| gawu | cow |
| gawun | dress (Loan word) |
| gayambula | white cockatoo |
| gayan | mother's brother |
| gayba-n | call to/beckon someone |
| gaybii | noise - moving to corroboree |
| gayga | eye |
| gayga-budi-n | lead, show the way |
| gayga-ganda-nyu | be jealous |
| gaygamali | flour |
| gayga-nyula-n | communicate with eyes |
| gaymbi-n | do quickly |
| gibajala | lice |
| giba-n | scrape layer off, trim |
| gida-n | poke with stick into |
| gidarra-nyu | have pins & needles |
| gidimba-n | tickle |
| giiba-n | tell to do, let do |
| giijamba-nyu | can't get somewhere |
| giinggan | ladybird |
| giinggan | spirit of woman |
| giira | young girl |
| giirraa | mother of new born |
| gija | small (grubs) |
| gija | small grub in candlenut tree |
| gija | fast |
| gijaa | patterned (eg striped, dots etc) |
| gijam | ant - very black |
| gijam | pins and needles |
| gijawulu | fresh water jew fish |
| gijum | tassel fern |
| gilaji | glass (Loan word) |
| gilu | later on today |
| gimbirr | wind |
| gimirri | meat juice, gravy from cooking |
| ginayga | Kanaka (Loan word) |
| ginbi-n | lick |
| ginda-n | do something at night |
| gindi-ma-n | warn of real danger |
| ginga | hairy mary grub |
| gingaa | prickle |
| ginga-nyu | bite piece off |
| gingin | black, (& dirty, dusty) |
| gini-ma-n | tear deliberately |
| ginja-n | stare |
| ginu | canoe |
| ginyjalam | cricket |
| ginyju | young bird, wallaby, snake etc |
| giragira | white tailed kingfisher |
| girbu | fan palm (Licuala ramsayi) |
| giri | spurwood |
| girrarum | hairy mary grub |
| girrgil | broken, split/torn in two |
| girrgin | short while |
| girri | tick (smaller) |
| giwan | flame tree |
| giwu-n | scoop up with hand |
| giya | hook - any type |
| giyany | ashamed |
| gubaa | pademelon, scrub wallaby |
| gubaguba | breast bone |
| guba-n | cover by piling things on |
| gubibulu | witch doctor |
| gubii | whistle |
| gubila | fair time ago |
| gubiriyam | scrub hen, white browed |
| gubu | leaf spouting (for water) |
| gubu | leaf |
| gububarra | man - warns of danger |
| guburany | butcherbird |
| guda | tame dingo |
| guda-balumbaa | satin bower bird |
| gudi-n | do too much |
| gudu | thick jungle |
| gudun | ear wax |
| guga | bark |
| guga | bark of tree |
| guga | skin |
| gugaa | black goanna |
| gugaynggugay | lots of teenage boys |
| guginy | flying fox - black |
| gugu | mopoke owl |
| gugubarbi | rufous shrike, flycatcher |
| gugula | platypus |
| gugulu | singing |
| gugulu | large smooth music stick |
| gugun | dog poo |
| gujaa | pregnant |
| gujan | wet, rained on |
| gujarra | windbreak |
| guji-n | waft (eg smell) |
| gujirri | steep bank |
| gujunggurru | bonewood |
| gulaa | baby, new born |
| gulaa | quiet, introspective |
| gulabi | euodia |
| gulabi | small bat |
| gula-n | get a fright |
| gulbir | shag, big |
| gulgal | topknot pigeon |
| guli | wild, angry, savage |
| guli | sweet |
| gulmbin | sword |
| guluga | fig (sandpaper, large leaf) |
| gulumbi | turpentine tree |
| guma-nyu | noise of frog (and some birds) |
| gumbagan | cassowary |
| gumbagii | ivory bass wood |
| gumbala | chrysallis (third stage) |
| gumbi | cunjevoi |
| gumbu | female's daughter's child |
| gumbu | mother's mother's sister |
| gumbu | mother's mother's brother |
| gumbu | mother's mother |
| gumbulu | tree (gets bright red leaves) |
| guna | bowel |
| guna | chrysallis (first stage) |
| gunamba | tadpole |
| gunawu | visits tribes carrying words |
| gunba-n | cut |
| gunbulu | pannikan |
| gunda | inside |
| gunda-n | put in |
| gundarri | fine weather/day |
| gundaya | big carpet snake |
| gundun | short |
| gunga | river weed (edible) |
| gunggaga | kookaburra |
| gunggamburr | moth (generic) |
| gunggamburr | burtterfly (generic) |
| gunggarri | north |
| gungu | ear drum |
| guni-nyu | look for, search |
| gunuji | big (eels) |
| gunuu | bump on shield |
| gunyin | people/place to the south |
| gunyjagunyja | type of fem |
| gunyja-n | drink |
| gunyjilbaa | death adder |
| gunyji-n | peel off |
| gunyu | empty (place) |
| gunyu | new |
| gunyubarra | youngest child |
| gurimbarr | grey plover |
| guri-n | look thoroughly |
| gurnggur | throat, front of neck |
| gurraa | red oak |
| gurrambal | all small parrots |
| gurra-n | sweep with bramble/weed |
| gurrangala | old man |
| gurrbingurrbin | red |
| gurrbum | emerald dove |
| gurrburu | seven sisters |
| gynga | neck |
| gurrgurr | type of skin disease |
| gurrguu | bare (eg no feathers, fur) |
| gurrii | cuckoo |
| gurrii | eel (old one) |
| gurrijala | wedge tail eagle |
| gurrili | wallaby |
| gurrilngurril | storm bird |
| gurriny | good |
| gurrmba | nutmeg |
| gurrmin | noise -trees rubbing |
| gurrugu | grog (Loan word) |
| gurrugu | peaceful dove |
| gurrundulu | cricket |
| guuba-n | fill in (hole), shut, block |
| guugu | tree fern (shiny leaf) |
| guugu | come into mob, join |
| guuja-nyu | feel, touch (with hand) |
| guungga-n | breastfeed baby |
| guuru | grub place in log |
| guuru | big (grubs) |
| guwaa | walnut (black) |
| guwan | eastern whipbird |
| guwii | spirit of dead man |
| guwirr | red (also red clay) |
| guwirr | clay - red |
| guwu | nose, nostril |
| guwum | comb (Loan word) |
| guwuy | white man |
| guya | fish (generic) |
| guya | black bream |
| guyan | white quartz, glass |
| guyandal | shell cut up (20 c size) |
| guyanjal | necklace (from shells) |
| guygi | leaves of jungganyu |
| guyii | head to one side |
| guymburrgan | big mob, lots & lots |
| guynggur | flying fox - large, grey |
| guyu | pothos vine |
| guyugan | daughter in law |
| jaaba-n | join on |
| jaaga | black scrub snail |
| jaagadaa | full (bag, mouth - not belly) |
| jaaguu | meat, flesh |
| jaambuu | mud |
| jaanggan | milky pine |
| jaangi-nyu | imitate someone's voice |
| jabam | bollywood |
| jaban | eel (spotted) |
| jabilaa | pad on forehead for dilly bag |
| jabi-n | stop someone doing something |
| jabu | ground, dirt |
| jabu | earth |
| jabuxa | fighting over one woman/man |
| jagaa | cheek |
| jagaa | big (water goanna) |
| jagaru | leatherhead |
| jagu | tied up |
| jaguma-n | tie up, wrap |
| jaguy | left hand boomerang |
| jaguy | left hand |
| jaja | baby |
| jaja | child (generic) |
| jajaa | nest (bird's incl turkey's) |
| jaji-nyu | move back (to make room) |
| jajirra | father's sister |
| jala | shallow (water) |
| jalajala | group of people |
| jalam | young (girl only) |
| jalgi | sulky, dray (Loan word) |
| jalginy | human flesh |
| jalma | older teenage boy (18-19) |
| jalma | soft(meat), fragile (person) |
| jalmbi-nyu | dance (mourning) |
| jalmin | lightning flash |
| jalnggulaa | tongue |
| jalnguy | avoidance style |
| jamaa | sulking |
| jamaa | bitter |
| jaman | younger sister |
| jamarra | hot stone (inside carcass) |
| jamarra | spider (generic) |
| jamarra | spider's web |
| jamarra | ground oven, hot stone |
| jambandurru | bee |
| jambiba | middle aged woman |
| jambin | large intestine |
| jambin | rose tamarind |
| jambun | grub (generic) |
| jami | fat |
| jamiya | tomahawk - large |
| jana-nyu | stand |
| jangaja | cream silky oak |
| jangali | stinging tree |
| jangany | always asking for things |
| janggaa | flame |
| jangga-nyu | eat |
| janggirr | place to north |
| jangi-nyu | get caught |
| jangi-nyu | get bogged |
| janma-n | hide, put inside |
| janyju | dilly bag |
| jarin | woomera |
| jarjin | sergeant (Loan word) |
| jarra | branch |
| jarra | thigh |
| jarraa | stranger |
| jarraga | step mother |
| jarra-n | put standing up |
| jarra-n | plant |
| jarrba | very small creek |
| jarrba | gully with no water |
| jarrga | gully with running water |
| jarrgim | large billed scrub wren |
| drag dillybag through water | |
| jarruga | scrub fowl |
| jarrunyja | trousers (Loan word) |
| jarun | whip bird |
| jawa | hole |
| jawa | mouth |
| jawa | doorway to mija |
| jawaa | mouth of river |
| jawajawa | Australian magpie |
| jawujala | northern chowchilla |
| jaygul | brown pine ? |
| jiba | liver |
| jibaa | native pepper |
| jlbaamila | nice looking |
| jiba-baja-n | be hungry |
| jibiny | flying spark |
| jibiri | quail |
| j ibujibu | yellow robin |
| jidaa | red & black sky (at sunset) |
| jidin | native mangosteen |
| jidingan | sassafras (northern) |
| jidu | jitta |
| jigirri-nyu | crackle, sizzle (eg fire) |
| jigirrjigirr | willie wagtail |
| jigubina | falling star |
| jigubina | falling star |
| jigurru | thunder, thunderstorm |
| jiguya | spotted catbird |
| jiigan | grass (for dillybags) |
| jiimbarra-nyu | moan in pain |
| jiingga-n | throw /pour water at |
| jiinjii | bubble (on water) |
| jiirramburr | pins and needles |
| jiirrijiirri | half caste |
| jiirrijiirri | half caste |
| jijaa | fibula |
| jilan | signs marking track |
| jilin | charcoal, hot coals |
| jilinmi | widow |
| j imama | turkey trap - made from sticks |
| jiman | firestick |
| jiman | firestick tree |
| jimba-nyu | catch something thrown |
| jimurru | big camp |
| jina | foot, footprint |
| jina | animal track |
| jinadaba | king fern |
| jinbarra-nyu | want to do |
| jinbi-n | jump |
| jindagaa | spirit home in ground |
| jinda-nyu | falls (rain, dew etc) |
| jindi | chest |
| jindul | scar over ribs |
| jinggali-nyu | run, move fast |
| jinggu | fur, hair (of animal) |
| jinggu | hair (on the body) |
| jingu | promiscuous, randy |
| jingun-jingun | rude, nasty |
| jini-n | tap end (eg egg) |
| jirin | small grey frog |
| jirrbi-n | lay (eggs) |
| jirrgan | small red bellied fish |
| jirrgin | bird poo |
| jirri | tail of snake |
| jiwa | in middle (of mass) |
| jiwunyu | azure kingfisher |
| jiya | chair (Loan word) |
| jiyayam | grub in blackboy tree |
| jiyirri | shining starling |
| juba | bush guava |
| jubimarri-nyu | move around, fidget |
| jubi-n | rub (eg firestick) |
| jubu | women's fighting stick |
| jubu | soap (Loan word) |
| jubula | black pine |
| jubuny | quiet, soft (sound) |
| juda-jala | lots of Cvolumejength) |
| juda-nyu | run away (in fright) |
| judirr | leech on land |
| judulu | brown pigeon |
| juga | heel |
| jugan | handle of spear |
| juguba | Queensland silver ash |
| juja | backbone |
| juja | back |
| jujaba | mythical person (first man?) |
| jujany | locust - brown locust |
| jujuu | umbilicus |
| jujuu-bula | twins |
| jula | possum, striped, white back |
| julari | locust - forest locust |
| julmbuli-nyu | be wobbly, shaky |
| julmun | sour |
| julngarru | long (stick, road, string etc) |
| julu | blunt |
| julu | butt (bottom) of tree |
| jumba-n | show by holding up |
| jumu | greedy |
| junbany | white crowsfoot |
| junbari | Hope's cycad |
| jundaa | paint brush |
| jundu | tmthful |
| junga | tail of bird (feathers) |
| jungan | bull oak, northern silky oak |
| jungganyu | lawyer vine |
| junggii | brown frog |
| junggin | feeling sore and stiff |
| junggin | no good |
| junggu | mark down arm |
| jungguny | toothache |
| jungurru | do "hard" |
| junguy | vein |
| junju | tree shoot |
| jurra | yellow cockatoo feathers |
| jurra-baga-nyu | sit on heels |
| jurra-n | wipe, rub |
| jurrga-n | noise of cassowary |
| jurrga-nyu | spear something |
| jurrgu | maiden's blush |
| jurri | side ( body, road, swamp etc) |
| jurrmbuli-nyu | stagger |
| jurru | ridge on top of mountain |
| jurru | upper arm |
| juuga | small hill, little ridge |
| juugaa | parallel cousin |
| juugaa | sibling (generic) |
| juuginy | big (scrub turkey) |
| juuma-n | squeeze |
| juurra-n | crawl (eg person, snake) |
| juwa | store, shop (Loan word) |
| juwi-nyu | swim |
| juwumba | quandong (northern/white) |
| juyuga | swamp mahogany |
| juyuga | grey milkwood |
| lada | ladder (Loan word) |
| iawam | lamp (Loan word) |
| layin | clothes line (Loan word) |
| lululumba-n | rock baby to sleep |
| maabu | lice |
| maaga-n | stick to skin |
| maba-n | lift up |
| mabi | tree kangaroo |
| mabiimabii | Blue Nun tree |
| mabiirri-nyu | cross river/line/ road |
| mada-mbi-nyu | throw line for fish |
| mada-n | throw away |
| maga | small brown rat |
| magara | flat skin of grub after squeezing |
| magirram | yellow (also yellow clay) |
| magirram | clay - yellow |
| maja | sawdust (made by jambun) |
| majan | small red bellied lizard |
| mala | week |
| mala | hand |
| mala-bunyja-n | pull/jerk out of hand |
| malagan | small intestine |
| malagany | umbrella tree |
| malan | main river (runs all year) |
| malan | coast |
| malananggaa | native grape |
| mala-wuga-n | help, give a hand |
| malaymalay | vine with edible fruit |
| malgumalgu | bell sound |
| malii | shadow, reflection |
| mama | white woman |
| mamba-n | stuff mouth with food |
| mambu | bottom, buttocks |
| manambarr | worm , lives in water |
| manbaa | pretty |
| mandala-nyu | chase (as in children playing) |
| mandi | gums |
| mandija | small grub on milky pine |
| manga | seed |
| manga | ear |
| mangany | boomerang |
| mangga | flower (generic) |
| mangga-n | pick up, gather |
| manggu | forearm (radius) |
| mangguy | mother who has lost child |
| mani | money (Loan word) |
| manjan | brown lizard |
| manma-nyu | make a lot of noise |
| manu | well behaved |
| manyjaa | full up with food |
| manyjambun | smaller handle of dilly bag |
| manyja-nyu | have a feed |
| manyji-n | warm (something) |
| manyu | busy |
| margany | any strange tribe |
| marragula | red ash, sarsparilla |
| marra-nyu | shine on, throw light on |
| marrbaja | comically behaved |
| marrba-nyu | frighten |
| marrga | dancing song-style |
| marrgan | Queensland maple |
| marrgarra | youth, half grown boy |
| marrginy | sour |
| marrginy | salty |
| marrginy | hungry for meat or fish |
| marri-n | follow, come behind |
| mawa | prawn (freshwater) |
| maya-nyu | call by kin label |
| maybiny | mosquito |
| maybu | tiger cat |
| mayi | honey from sugarbag |
| mayi-n | come out, go outside |
| mayma-n | tell someone off |
| maymi-nyu | visit for food/drink |
| maynggur | lignum |
| mayngirr | lazy |
| midi | little of |
| midi | small (& younger sibling) |
| midimidi | chicken snake |
| midin | possum, ring tail |
| migun | dry, wilting (leaves) |
| miingga | cicatrices on stomach |
| mija | shelter, camp, house |
| miju | egg yolk |
| miju | brain |
| miju | bone marrow |
| miju-n | take no notice |
| milgi | milk (Loan word) |
| mindiliny | tick (large) |
| mindun | motionless |
| mirra | front part of |
| mirrijin | gardenia |
| mirrji-n | itch, want to scratch |
| miwa-n | help, join in |
| miyaa | smiling (in amusement) |
| miyaama-n | make someone smile |
| miyanda-nyu | laugh |
| moongarra | bush turkey |
| mudaga | motor car (Loan word) |
| muga | halfway |
| mugaa | grinding stone (top) |
| mugarru | fish net |
| muginy | grey rat, medium size |
| mugirray | elder brother |
| mugubara | dew |
| mugubara | fog (coastal) |
| mugumba | round, smooth, whole piece |
| mujalin | hard alder |
| mujirra | ivory wood, icewood |
| mula | slime on fish eg eel |
| mularri | initiated man |
| mulu | hollow log |
| mundu | little water snake |
| mundu | offended, upset |
| mungan | mountain |
| mungarra | scrub turkey |
| mungga | loud noise |
| munggu | clay - soft, kids can eat it |
| munggulaa | chrysophyllum (pearwood) |
| mungun | wife |
| mungun | husband |
| mungurrmi | Tarzali silkwood |
| munjuu | root of tree |
| munu | piece of jambun (tail part) |
| munu | bottom spine of dilly bag |
| munu-bila-n | send someone to a place |
| munya | finished, all gone |
| munya-ma-n | finish it off |
| munyi | smashed into small pieces |
| munyimunyi | ant - small, black, in house |
| munyja-n | share out |
| murmu | cramp |
| murraa | hair (head hair) |
| murraamba | Aboriginal people |
| murrgabi | father who has lost child |
| murrgurr | string |
| murri-nyu | feel ashamed |
| murrma-nyu | provide food |
| murrmu | paralysed |
| murrmun | lots of stones |
| murmggi-nyu | feel sore |
| murru | rheumatism |
| muru | white apple |
| muuga | blind |
| muuma-nyu | dive (in water) |
| muunggaa | body feathers (ceremonial) |
| muurrii | penni-nerved grape |
| muurrun | paw (dog, pig, horse,etc) |
| muynggul | eldest brother |
| muyngiriny | sand fly |
| naangi-nyu | shake something to move bits |
| nabi | girl, group of girls |
| nada-n | dig (deeper than digu-n) |
| nambanamba | narrow place, gorge |
| nambi-n | squeeze,-jam in |
| nami-n | mix/muddle up things |
| nanggaa | stone |
| nangga-n | have heart beating fast |
| nanggu | grass spread out for mattress |
| nangi-nyu | scrape up |
| narrnggi-nyu | rattle |
| naybu | knife (Loan word) |
| nayinba | lots of girls |
| nayngga | urine |
| ngaaba | women dancing to gama |
| ngaaba-jana-nyu | dance (females in corroboree) |
| ngaaga-n | feel with stick |
| ngaama-n | cook something over flame |
| ngabala | candlenut |
| ngaba-n | soak |
| ngaba-nyu | bathe |
| ngabu | green, raw |
| ngaga | calf (of leg) |
| ngagangunu | legendary man |
| ngagi | male's daughter's child |
| ngagi | mother's father |
| ngagi | mother's father's sister |
| ngagi | mother's father's brother |
| ngagu | deep (water) |
| ngagu | waterhole |
| ngalalum | house fly |
| ngama | hammer |
| ngamba-n | understand |
| ngamba-n | listen, hear about |
| ngami | on lap |
| ngamii | hungry for fruit, vegetable |
| ngamu | armpit |
| ngamun | breast, breastmilk |
| nganba-n | ask |
| nganda | lips |
| nganda-mada-n | tell someone to go away |
| nganggayin | echidna |
| nganggija | handkerchief |
| ngangguu | chin |
| nganyi | face |
| nganyjara | walnut (brown) |
| ngarrulu | spurwood |
| ngawi-nyu | answer call or question |
| ngayan | iron (Loan word) |
| ngaybii | married couple |
| ngayi | voice |
| ngayin ' | whisper |
| ngayirany | thirsty |
| ngiba-nyu | call over for something |
| ngidirri-nyu | growl (dog) |
| ngiimi-nyu | like to do |
| ngiingi-nyu | ask for food (eg baby bird) |
| ngiirra | underneath |
| ngiirriny | little finger, little toe |
| nginggirr | noise made by male dancers |
| ngirri | reflections, glint on rainbow |
| ngirrma | language |
| ngirmgga-nyu | cough, clear throat |
| ngubirrbi | leech (long, stripey) |
| nguda | fire/light goes out |
| nguda | possum, ringtail |
| ngudan | snake (generic) |
| ngudan | red bellied black |
| ngugu | under chin |
| ngugu | chewed up food in mouth |
| ngujaa | sore |
| ngujun | dirty (water) |
| ngulban | cloud |
| ngulibii | scrub rosewood |
| ngulmurru | darkness |
| ngulmurru | night time |
| nguman | father's brother |
| nguman | father |
| ngumarra-nyu | roar (eg thunder) |
| ngumba | night (used for counting) |
| ngumbu | dark brown skin colour |
| ngumbuga | yesterday |
| ngunaa | black goanna |
| ngunara | quandong (silver) |
| ngunda-n | do properly |
| ngunda-n | fix up |
| ngungga-n | find and claim something |
| nguniibarra | first born |
| nguni-n | do before anyone else |
| ngunju-n | blame someone |
| ngunyiny | ghost, spirit |
| ngurrja | harmless black snake |
| ngurunguru | vine (thorns) |
| nguuba-nyu | go home |
| nguuji-nyu | be shy |
| nguwaa | dusk, just getting dark |
| nguwany | green swamp frog |
| nguyiny | staring, gazing |
| nibaa | ivory walnut |
| nigarr | bees wax |
| nigu | lawyer vine |
| ningga-n | pinch with fingernails |
| niwaa i | ant - gree tree ant |
| niwarra | nits, lice eggs |
| nuba-nyu | grind (food or axe) |
| nugu | vomit |
| nungu | intact, no holes etc |
| nunumu | dumb, unable to talk |
| nyaaba-nyu | belong to (place) |
| nyagi-nyu | see |
| nyagi-nyu | look |
| nyaju-n | burn, cook, make fire |
| nyala-n | explain relationship |
| nyamba-nyu | dance (in fun) |
| nyamu | cooked |
| nyarri | hole |
| nyarri-baga-n | bury |
| nyarragga-n | hunt someone away |
| nyiga-n | knock to ground |
| nyigila | hot |
| nyima-n | catch, grab |
| nyina-nyu | stay, sit |
| nyindala-nyu | cave in |
| nyinyin | egg laid by house fly |
| nyinyinba | jealous |
| nyirrba-n | press/squeeze tightly |
| nyiwunyiwu | casuarina |
| nyiyama-n | warn of potential danger |
| nyiyi | fine bone in gill of eel |
| nyubi | father in law |
| nyula-n | show, point out |
| nyuma-n | smell |
| nyumba | spittle |
| nyumbuu | moustache, beard |
| nyunja-n | kiss |
| nyurri | nasal discharge |
| nyuuga-n | make noise to frighten |
| nyuwala | by oneself |
| nyuyu | engrossed in something |
| raygi | rag (Loan word) |
| rubiny | any edible animal |
| rubu | rope |
| ruguju | Torres Strait pigeon |
| waagawaaga | smooth lizard |
| waagi-nyu | look round something |
| waambi-n | waken |
| waangga-n | float |
| waanggarr | necklace (from grass bugle) |
| waangur | water gum |
| waanyji-n | ascend (not river) |
| waaruba | cordyline |
| waba-n | look up at |
| wabarrwabarr | policeman (old word) |
| wada | sole of foot |
| wada | carpal bones (wrist) |
| wada | clap hands when dancing |
| wadirr | grinding stone (bottom) |
| waga | calf (of leg) |
| wagay | eel bone ornament |
| wagay | jaw bone of eel |
| wagii | sand |
| waguli | blood |
| wagunwagun | satin ash (paperbark) |
| waguu | side (of fire, island) |
| waja | Torresian crow |
| wajan | English language |
| wajin | sweat |
| waju | nape of neck |
| walguy | taipan |
| wambi-nyu | lean on |
| wamu | ant - black sugar ant |
| wana | tail of mammal |
| wanaa | Rockinghamia (narrow leaf) |
| wanda | message |
| wanda-n | hang up, scoop up |
| wandi-n | ascend (up river) |
| wanga | scraps in bottom of dillybag |
| wanga-n | bark (dog) at someone |
| wangawa | noisy pitta |
| wanggamu | kidney |
| wangirr | ribs, side |
| wanimba-n | point out by shouting |
| wanju-n | prop up |
| wanngin-ma-n | warn by touching or low voice |
| wanyjalwanyjal | locust - smallest one |
| warawara | cyclone |
| warrany | turkey net |
| warranyurtgguu | three |
| warranyuyguu | triplets |
| warrba | big short spear |
| warrbaa | black sapling |
| warrbi | top of eg sun at midday |
| warrbi | roof of mouth |
| warrga | cooking frame for eels |
| warrgandala | satin bower bird |
| warrga-wanda-n | cook on frame over fire |
| wan-gay | grass sopping up "rag" |
| warrgin | forest |
| warri-nyu | fly |
| warrjan | raft |
| warrjila | spread out, scattered |
| warrman | quick, very fast |
| warm | empty |
| wawuja | ant - brown |
| wawu-n | go & fetch |
| waya | wire (Loan word) |
| waybala | white man |
| wayi-nyu | tell to go away |
| waymar | restless, unsettled |
| waymbaga-nyu | go right around something |
| waymin | mother in law |
| waynggarra | twigs, bramble, kindling |
| wayngginy | noise -kids playing |
| waynggi-nyu | call out in pain |
| wayu | long time, indefinitely |
| wida-n | take out of fire |
| wigi-wigi | thin |
| wiiri | locust - scrub locust |
| wiirruwirri | wrinkle |
| wijan | mahogany (northern brush) |
| wija-n | rouse, growl at someone |
| wiji | frog |
| winba-n | push in sweeping movement |
| winda | window |
| windan | grey headed robin |
| wingga | sawdust (from lawyer vine) |
| winyju | creek |
| wiraa | Davidson plum |
| wiraynggun | golden whistler |
| wirgaa | rainbow fish (very small) |
| wirranba | tooth billed catbird |
| wirrbi | wasp - nests in hole/hollow |
| wiyil | wheel (Loan word) |
| wiyin | grass tree |
| wubawuba | scrub itch |
| wubii | light (weight) |
| wubun | rotten log |
| wubundaa | bleeding heart tree |
| wudi-n | won't give back |
| wudu | before that |
| wuga-n | give |
| wugi-n | vomit |
| wugu | pectoral muscle |
| wugu | wing (nearest body) |
| wugu | flat top on mountain |
| wugun | teenage boy, no marks |
| wugun | worm (generic) |
| wujaa | eyebrow |
| v/ujarr | fog, mist on mountains |
| wuji-nyu | grow |
| wuju | bush tucker |
| wulala | weed (small, purple leaves) |
| wulbuny | old (grey haired) lady |
| wulmba | sick & destined to die |
| wulnggulaa | child with no mother |
| wunda | white oak, soap box |
| wundi-nyu | takes a long time |
| wungaba-nyu | look for (turkey eggs only) |
| wunggu | shade |
| wunggunda-nyu | noise of scrub turkey |
| wunggurr | stutter |
| wungumali | helps at initiation ceremonies |
| wunma | slow (faster than yadi) |
| wunun | native ginger |
| wunyinv/unyin | gardenia (orange or brown) |
| wurra | name (place) |
| wurra-gada-n | do something wrongly |
| wurrali-nyu | assume identity of totem |
| wurrambal | lizard in rotten wood |
| wurrba-nyu | speak, say |
| wurrgulum | foam in fresh water |
| wurrigaa | larger freshwater turtle |
| wurrmba | asleep |
| wurrmi-nyu | doze off |
| wurruny | rain |
| wuugalam | brown lizard |
| wuurra-nyu | vanish |
| wuurribu | son in law |
| wuuwii | steam |
| yaabur | bigger frog |
| yaagaa | track, road |
| yaagan | place with no food |
| yaanggaa | older, single man |
| yaanggaagan | older, single woman |
| yaarra | man, male any age |
| yabala | flat country |
| yabi | possum, grey, green tail |
| yabuju | younger brother |
| yabulam | lawyer cane (hairy mary) |
| yabun | mother's sister |
| yabun | mother |
| yaburru | teenage girl (14-15) |
| yadi | slow |
| yagal/yagaa | pandanus |
| yagay | owl |
| yagin | temple (side of head) |
| yagira | rose gum |
| yama | do "gently" |
| yamani | rainbow |
| yambu-n | pull, drag |
| yangarra | straight (road, stick) |
| yanggaja | native monsteria |
| yanyja | now |
| yarraman | horse |
| yarrba-n | clear the ground |
| yarrgii | lemon aspen, lemonwood |
| yarrmaarri-nyu | look for carpet snake |
| yarmga-n | chase away |
| yarrnggi-nyu | scratch (remove skin) |
| yawa | top of tree |
| yawala | rickety bush |
| yaybu | playing up |
| yayin | elder sister |
| yayuu | getting wild |
| yibi | woman, female any age |
| yidayida | Putt's pine |
| yigan | sky |
| yigarra | yabby |
| yigirri | skin disease like mange |
| yigirri | measles, scratching |
| yigu | outer wing (upper part) |
| yigu | upper arm |
| yiirra-n | separate into strands |
| yiirrin | acting the goat |
| yiji-n | fix up |
| yilal | love-song style |
| yindan | grey headed robin |
| yinggaa | jew lizard |
| yinggarr | basket - long, wide-necked |
| yinyarramba-n | mix up, muddle |
| yinyja | not yet |
| yinyjin | train (loan word) |
| yinyu | lively, spirited |
| yirrgaa | side of hill |
| yirrganyji | people/place up north |
| yirrganyji | goods from north |
| yirri | nesting material |
| yirrinyjila | dragonfly |
| yiwaa | frost |
| yiwaa | winter (frost) |
| yiwa-nyu | lose |
| yiwuumba-n | pull branch to get fruit |
| yiya-n | spread clothes to dry |
| yuba-n | put down |
| yuba-n | give birth |
| yubandaa | personal conception site |
| yubuu | black scrub rat |
| yugaba | little rat, sharp nose |
| yugarri | shirt |
| yugu | tree (generic) |
| yugu | stick |
| yugu | wood |
| yumaa | body |
| yumaa | trunk of tree |
| yumbaa | fishing line - rod, line, hook |
| yuna-nyu | sleep |
| yungganganyjaa | four |
| yunggany | thumb |
| yunggany | big toe |
| yunggurru | another one |
| yungguu | one, together |
| yuramu | right hand |
| yuramu | right hand boomerang |
| yuri | kangaroo |
| yurra | small long grub in logs |
| yurrga | belongs to someone else |
| yurrjuli-nyu | slide down |
| yurrju-n | slip over |
| yuugarra | leaning, at an angle |
| yuurragi | big stripey lizard |
| yuwa-nyu | show off |
| yuwurr | lots of times |
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