gulur, ngay – but, however
gulun – burrow of wombat
gulumba, gulibaa – box tree, coolabah
gulu, galgu, dang – millet seed for flour
gulgarr – concave, tray or plate of bark
gulgang – head, top of the
gulgandara – before, time and both place
gulganagaba – bird, the jacky winter
gulgama – gully, valley
gulbirmarra – part, divide, separate
gulbir – few, not many
gulbi – mist or smoke in the air
gulbalanha – peace, be at peace, no fighting
gulamirra – seek in vain
gulamilanha – alone, to be alone
gulambali, birriyag – pelican bird
gulamarra – open
gulamalibu nunbabu – to open or close
gulabirra – refuse, reject
gulaay – crossing place, bridge
gulaa – anger
gugubarra – kookaburra
gugi – cup, of bark
guganha – crawl or creep
gugan – caterpillar, a yellow
gugabul – fish, Murray cod
gudyiin – ancient time
gudyi – basin, bucket
gudhingan – composer of songs
gudharang – duck, wood
gudha – baby or child
gudal – flat
gubir – macquarie perch, also called black bream
gubang – hickory tree
gubaldurinya – conquer, drive off the enemy
gubadhang – finch, diamond sparrow
gubaadurinya, durrudurrugarra, gubaymanha, gulbadurinya – follow
guba – cooba wattle acacia
giyira, giira – future, the womb
giyingdyung – marrow, from inside bones
giyindyarra – lick
giyarinya – frightened, be frightened
giyang – lungs
giyanda-dila-nh – escape
giyan – centipede
giyalang – belonging
giyal, guwiindha – shame, ashamed
giyal-giyal – cowardly, partly ashamed
giyal-gang – field mouse
giyaa-warra – frighten off, drive away
giya-rra – fear, be afraid
giwang wuurrranha – moon setting
giwang bagarra – moon rising
giwang – moon
giwaang-giwaang – mad fellow, fool
giwa-l-dhaany – cook, the person cooking
girri girrigirri – red
girran-girran – ill, poorly
girra-wiiny – quiet place with many pretty flowers
girra-ma-nha – feel hot, to be burnt
girra-m-bi-ya-rra – scold, speak with anger
girra-girra – lively, be well, be alive
girarumarra – blow, as wind
giran-giran, manggaan – broad, spear shield
giralang bundinya – star, a shooting star
giraangang – foliage of trees, leaves
gingari – flint knives
gindyarra – lap or drink water like dogs
gindhaany, bugari – ringtail possum
gindaymanha – to play, to have fun
ginda-y-waruwar – laughing always
ginda-y-ga-la-nha – laugh at each other
ginda-y-awa-nha – smile, laugh
ginda-nha – laugh
ginan – kind, gracious
gimarra – milk
gilaa – galah
gila – so, then
giiny – heart
giimbir – fountain, spring, well
giilang – story
giigandul – wattle with silver flower
gigiy – eaten enough
gigirr – scent or smell
gidyirriga, badyariga – budgerigar
gidyang – hair of body, wool, fur
gidyagidyang – egret, little
gidya-wuruwin – afraid, very much, overcome with fear
gidya – broad-level wattle
gibirrgirrbaang – star constellation of Orion’s Belt
gibirgin, malanygyang, dindima – star constellation the Seven Sisters (Pleiades)
gibir – man
gibayan – nephew
gibany, darran-dirang – revenge, avenger
giba – magic stone
gaymaan – kangaroo grass
gawuwal – lagoon, lake
gawuraa – feathers
gawunang, giwambang – moonlight
gawimarra – gather or pick up
gawaymbanha – welcome, tell to come
gawaan, gabaa – white men, strangers
garriwang – currawang tree
garrindubalunbil – beetle in wood
garril, wurung – boughs or branches on trees
garraywarra – look for, seek, find
garraygal – palm of the hand
garray – land, sand
garrawi – roe of fish
garrari – net
garranygarra – send
garrandarang – paper, book
garran – hook of any kind, fish hook
garrabari – corroboree, a special dance
garraba, marrin – body, human
garraayigal – hand, grasp
garraawan – light wood for making fish spears
garra – hold, catch, stop, take
gariya wanhamindya nganhanduyan – do not break a promise
gariwang – cold east wind
gariwag – leaf
garingali – dingo
garila – corella bird
garba – fork, fork of a tree
garay – sand
garal – wattle tress
garaan-dharra – eat forbidden food
gany, yingiyan – like, similar
ganhur, buringin, marri – kangaroo, red
ganha-nha, bunha-nha – burn
ganginmarra – lie, tell a lie
ganggang – gang-gang cockatoo
ganggaa – spider
gangarrimaa – ring or circle
gangan – hawk, fish hawk
gandyar – spirit being, he sees and knows everything
gandaru, gungarung, yambil – crane, blue, white-faced heron
ganda – bend of the leg under the knee
ganang – beeswax, wet
ganaa-ba-nha – ride on horse or any animal
gana-yi-rra – peppermint tree
gambang, dilaang, dirraybang, gumbal – brother
gambal, buragi, yungay, gamidha – bustard, native bush turkey
gamalang – raspberry, native
galiyang, birrgun – fork-tailed swift bird
galing-gaan – bowels
galindulin – eel
galin-gabangbur – children
galin-dhuliny, gibirrngaan – black snake, red-bellied
galin-balgan-balgang – dragonfly
galigal – knife
gali-ngin-banga – desert place without water
galguraa – friar bird, noisy
galgambula – oven, for cooking in the earth
galgaang – affliction, wherein is pity
galga – hungry, empty
galanygalany, galan galan – cicada, locust, its sound
galang – belonging to a group
galagang – wild onion
galabarra – halve, separate into two
galaabanha – noise, make a noise
gagalin, bidyin – fish, golden perch
gagaamanha – lead astray, seduce
gadyilbalungbil – burrowing black beetle
gadyilbalung – beetles generally
gadyal – hollow
gadyag – nasty, horrible
gadya! – get away!
gadi, dharang – snake
gadangul – lizard, small one
gabur-gabur – rotten or broken
gabuga – brain, eggs
gabudha – reeds and
rushes
gabin-gidyal – beginning, a
gabargabar – green, colour
gaban, barrang – white
gaban – foreign, strange, unknown
gaba-rra – fishing, drag-net
gaanha, dharal – shoulder
gaanha-barra gaanha-bu-nha – carry on the shoulder
gaalmaldhaany – composer, poet
gaagu-ma-rra – embrace
gaa-m-bila-nha – hold a thing
gaa-l-marra – compose, songs
gaa-darra – erase
gaa-ba-rra – carry on the back
ga-rra – be or being
dyirribang – an old man
dyiridyinbuny – diver bird
dyiramiil – charming, winning, eyes-up
dyinmay, gurray – fight or war, tribal
dyinidnug – duck, shoveler
dyindhuli – hunger
dyindharr – lean, barren, bare
dyinang, mundawi, dinhang – foot
dyilwirra – climb, a tree
dyigal – fins of fishes
dyibarra – speak
dyandyamba – medicine, from the core of tree fern
dyagula – lyrebird
dyagang – boys without fathers
dyabaraa – bull dog ants
dyaba – girls without fathers
dyaabiny – flying ant
duyan – fat, meat
duwambiyan – root of edible pink fingers
duruung-gar-gar – glow-worm
durrur-buwulin – ever, always
durrumbin, giima – caterpillar
durru-l-ga-rra – hide
durru-l-ba-rra – burst
durrawiyung – duck, grey teal
durrawan – currawong, grey bird
durrany – cloud, long white
duri-mambi-rra – ill, make ill, cause to be ill
duri-duri-nya – ill, to be ill
dundumirinmirinmal – snail
dumiiny – death adder snake
dumi-rra – carry
dumbi – blush
dulu-dulu – logs of wood, big
dulbun-bun-ma-rra – bow, or to bend
dulbi-bal-ga-nha – hang down the head
duguny-bi-rra, dugu-winy-birra – be generous
dugu-wirra – catch
dugin – shade
duga-y-ili-nya – fetch for another
duga-nha – fetch water, draw up water
dubu – frog or toad
dubi – chrysalis, pupa butterfly grub
dirriwang – emu feathers
dirrinan – bulbine lily
dirrigdirrig – bee-eater, rainbow bird
dirrang-dirrang – red ochre
dirramaay – edible herb
dirra-dirra-wana – herb
dinggu – wild dog, dingo
dinbuwurin – lark, native
dinawan, gawumaran, nguruwiny – emu
dilga-nha, bunganha-ba-nha – comb the hair
dilan-dilan-garra – shake
dila-dila-bi-rra – cause confusion
dila-birra – scatter, sow
diikawu – emu bush, spotted
digu, mumbil, munbil – blackwood, black-timbered wattle tree
digimdhuna – fig or fig tree
digal – fishbone
dibiya – duck, whistling tree
dibang – nails or spikes
dhuruwurra – cast off, shedding
dhurri-rra – lay eggs, to be born
dhurri-nya, dhurrirra – born, to be born
dhurrgang, nguruwiya – owl, tawny frogmouth
dhurragarra – follow up, track, pursue
dhurany – news, or message
dhuragun, bunbun – bittern, native
dhungany – greenleek parakeet
dhundhu, ngiyaran, gunyig – black swan
dhundhal – close or near
dhumuny – bardi grubs, used for fishing
dhumba – brittle gum, eucalyptus
dhulubang – soul or spirit
dhulu-ga-rra – guilty, to be found convicted
dhulu-biny – level, even, flat
dhuliiny – goanna, sand monitor
dhulay – fish, the river gar fish
dhul – brown
dhugamang – lobster, white clawed
dhugaaybul – very
dhubul – bore, underground water
dhubi – cicada larva, beetle
dhirril – sparrow hawk
dhirran-bang – noon, midday (sun in the zenith)
dhirraany, gandiyagulang – mountain
dhiraa-nha – rise like the dough
dhindha – ball, anything rounded
dhin – nut or berry
dhilbul – coot, purple swamphen
dharrang – message stick or letter
dharran – creek
dharrambay, gimang, dirru, galbu – kangaroo rat
dharra-barra – eat, cut with teeth
dharra – eaten, swallow, engulf, absorb
dhara – cast out, away
dhangaang, dhal, dharrabu – food
dhang – seeds, grains
dhandyuri, dhandyurigan – mussel shells or shellfish
dhandhaang – river catfish
dhamiyag, baaliyan – cumbungi, bulrush reeds
dhamaliiny, dharramaliyu, bulbul – bull roarer, whirler
dhalba-nha – bruised
dhalba – rain, the cloud burst
dhala-y-ba-rang – mad frenzy, anger, excitement, sudden
dhala-wa-la – forest country
dhala-rug – wattlebird
dhala-ba-rra – crack, burst, break
dhala-ba-nha – ruin, destroy
dhal-bi-rra – beat time on the boomerang, as the men do singing
dhaganhu ngurambang – where is your country?
dhagamang – crayfish, whitish-blueish claws, not a yingaa
dhagal – cheek, jawbone
dhadhi? – belonging to what place?
dhabugarra – bury
dhabugany – buried
dhabudyang – old woman
dhabal – bone
dhaan yanha – come here
dhaalirr – kingfisher bird
dhaagunmaa – cemetery
dhaagun – land, earth, dirt, soil, grave
dha, -dya, -la, -ra – on, at, in, by
dha-l-mambi-rra – feed, a child or dog
dawin, bawa-l-ganha – hatchet
darruba-nha – leap over
darriyaldhuray – bedroom
dargin – across
danyga-ma-rra – compete, to vie in throwing
dani – wax, gum or honeycomb
dangarin – shell fish
dangar, dhandhaang – fresh water catfish
dangal – covering or shelter
dangaay – rainwater, oldwater
dang – roots, edible
dalungal – fine fella, excellent person
dalawang, gabu, gabudha – box tree, apple
dabu-ya-rra murun – life, give, bestow life
dabu-wan – leech, small one
daanha – knit, make a net
buyaa – law
buya-marra – beg
buwi-birra-ng – boomerang of bark, a toy
buwawabanhanha, gugabarra – boil
buwanha – grow
buwaa-bang – orderly, tame
buwa-garra – come
buwa-gany – edible root
buwa-ga-nhumi-nya – before, be before
buwa-dharra – fill the mouth
buurri – boree tree, weeping myall
bururr – hop-bush
burrindin, gulridy – magpie-lark, peewee or mudlark bird
burrbang – ceremony of initiating to man
burral, darriyal – bed
burral – birthplace, the spot, the soil
burra-m-bin – eternal
burra-giin – beeswax, dry
burra-di-rra – cut down
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burra-dhaany – ball, bouncing
burra-binya – leap, jump
burra-ban-ha-l-bi-rra – fire, light a
burguwiiny-mudil – blacksmith
burbi-rra – beat the time, and sing
burba-ng – circle, a round shape, heap
burany – parrot
buram-ba-bi-rra – share
buralang – black-faced cockatoo
buraandaan – heron, night-heron
bura-mi-nga-nha – cause to be
bunyi-ng-ganha – breathe
bunyi-ng – breath
bunhiya – wild oak tree
bunhi-dyili-nya – beat
bungi-rra – swing
bundi-nya – fall
bundi-mambi-rra – let fall, cause to fall
bundhi, nalanala – club, thick knob on end, war weapon
bundharran – paddle
bundharraan – canoe oar
bundarra – freeze, feel very cold
bunda-nha – draw, a picture
bunda-ng – cicadas, butterfly
bunda-l-ga-nha – hanging, be suspended
bunbiya – grasshopper
bunba-nha – escape, run, moving away, fleeing
bunba-na-nha – run after
bunan, bundhu – dust, rising vapour
bunan – carried by the wind, dust storm
bun-ma-rra, ma-rra – make or do
bumbi – smoke
bumalgalabu wayburrbu – right or left
bumal-bumal – hammer, a stick
bumal – hammer, stone for bruising nuts
buma-ngidyili-nya – beat one’s self
buma-l-gidyal – fight or battle
bum-bi-rra – blow, with mouth
bulun – egret, white crane
bulan-bulan – parrot, crimson rosella
bulaguy – saltbush
bula-bi-nya – couples, to be in couples
buguwiny, bugaru, gungil – grass
bugurr – climbing plants or vines
bugu-l – fish line
bugiyunbarrul – time, after sunset, twilight
buginybuginy, manygan – blue bonnet parrot
bugarr – carrion
bugarnan – bad smell
bugang – necklace or beads
budyabudya – moths and butterflies
budyaan, dyibiny, dibilany – bats, birds general flying creatures
budulbudul – far off, high, the bluish air at a distance
budhi – corner
budharu – flying fox
budhar-ba-la-nha – kiss each other
budhanbang – duck, black
budhaanybudhaany – common sneezeweed, old man weed
budha – sandlewood
bubul, dula – backside, buttocks
bubu – air or breath
bubil – wing, feather
bubay-bunha-nha – lessen, get small
bubay – little, small
buba-dyang-marra, garrigaan, banhumiya – fingers of the hand
biyambul – all
biyal-gam-bi-rra – hang (transitive)
biyal-ga-nha – hang (intransitive)
biyaga – often, many times
birring, birrgan – chest of a man
birrinalay – blossom of white box tree
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