B - b

babala   wrong; by accident; unintentional.

babalamirri   1 • all; every; any.

2 • adv. everywhere; anywhere; anyone; anytime.

baba'mirri   miss; make a mistake; behave in a stupid manner; stray from the path.

baba'yun   miss; make a mistake; behave in a stupid manner; stray from the path.

baḏak   still; wait a moment; hold on.

baḏaltja   fresh water turtle.

baḏarr   paper bark from which canoes are made.

baḏarraŋdhirri   heal.

baḏarraŋguma   heal.

baḏarratjun   feel twinge of pain in spot injured.

baḏatjun   vtr. 1 • throw a spear.

2 • miss; make a mistake.

baḏaw'yun   burst; explode.

baḏayala   light (from sun, moon, torch, etc.).

baḏikan   white cockatoo.

baḏipaḏi   rock wallaby.

baḏubaḏuyun   erase; rub out.

baḏurru   milky way.

baḏuwaḏuyun   erase; rub out.

bagapaga   pied heron.

bagapagayun   walk as though intoxicated.

bakarrama   wooden spear.

bakirrikirri   shovel spear.

bakmarama   break.

bakthun   break; get hurt.

baku   lawyer vine; armlets made from vine.

bakuruma   look up.

bakurra   robber.

bakparr   patch.

bakpiḏiḏi   frog. Syn: wokara.

bala   movement away from speaker.

balaka   something to be getting on with. Syn: guwarr.

balakarra   arm bands for stone axe.

balaṉḏi   fishing line.

balanhan   tread on.

balanya   like this.

balanyamirriy   by then; by this time.

balaŋu   might; could; should.

balaŋ'   Moiety: Dh. dhuwa subsection, male (female bilindjan).

balarr   baler shell.

bala'   house; hut (non-Aboriginal design).

bala'pala   chair; table; form.

bala-räli   backwards and forwards.

balbalyun   any action requiring balance; walk; hang; light a fire; be on something. Syn: gorruma.

balbaw'marama   split down the middle (with axe etc.).

baldhurr'   mark made on ground and stamped with footprint as a sign to people following.

baldhurr'yun   kick; mark out; borrow.

balkitj   male wallaby; kangaroo; bandicoot.

balku   rope.

balmarrk   male pubic hair.

balthurr   Syn: yiŋarra'.

baltjam'thun   make fire.

baltjuḏa   frilled lizard.

baluka   robber.

baluŋa   pillow.

balwak   tail.

balwakmirri   dugong.

balwaw'marama   split down the middle (with axe etc.).

balwur   ripe. Syn: borum.

balpa   groper.

balpalyun   1 • rub sticks together to make fire.

2 • goanna running up tree.

balpanḏaŋan   tree with edible fruit. Syn: mapuḏumun.

balpara   helper.

balpuḏu   spear. Notes (General) Djambarrpuyŋu; used by others Syn: gara.

baḻambirrpirryun   sit cross-legged.

baḻamin   attitude of body while walking.

baḻaŋaw'yun   smother; overwhelm; cover; surround.

baḻaŋaw'yun gapu   flood.

baḻaŋu   anchor.

baḻarra   1 • wattle bark pubic shield made from bark.

2 • flesh from breast of turtle.

baḻarrkpaḻarrk   long; tall (of person fish); great (of hunger) (old language).

baḻawurrwurr   boat.

baḻbaḻyun   any action requiring balance (gorruma).

baḻgapthun   to be bent over; crouch.

baḻgurr   red flowered burrajong. (see ban'pal).

baḻkpaḻk   sp fruit.

baḻman   rain.

baḻ'yun   beg; cadge.

baḻ'paḻyun   pound (cycad); bend over.

bamaraŋ   sp fruit.

bambarkpambark   cockroach. Notes (General) Ganalbiŋu acc to Djäwa

bambay   blind.

bambitj   tree; stick; wood.

bambula   See: yalandhu.

bamburuŋburuŋ   brain.

bamburrbaḏatj   uneven.

bamuḻa   1 • calm.

2 • motionless.

bamutuka   pipe.

bam'pala   very high sand hill.

banaŋ'   1 • wool.

2 • sp fish.

bandirra   flag.

bani   tree used in boat building.

baṉami   brolga.

baṉaṉak   small bush with yellow and mauve flowers.

baṉarra   clear of rubbish, etc.

baṉa'   forked stick.

baṉḏany   1 • dry; shallow.

2 • thick.

3 • true.

baṉdja   arm.

baṉgarrirribunuma   make jump. Syn: wapmarama.

baṉgapuma   Variant: baṉgapunuma; baṉgarrirribunuma. make jump. Syn: wapmarama.

baṉgapunuma   make jump. Syn: wapmarama.

baṉŋal'marama   put onto mast.

baṉumbirr   morning star.

baṉ'pal   belt made of baḻgurr ŋue used when climbing smooth, slippery tree.

banybuḻ   abbrev. of goŋbanybuḻ.

banydji   ŋunha banydji dhuwala banydji

baŋaḏi   Moiety: Y. yirritja subsection, male (female baŋaḏitjan).

baŋam   rock.

baŋdhun   sit or lie with legs apart.

baŋgina   Syn: ḻuka.

bar   inter. with bartjunmarama.

barala   sand bank.

bararrbararrmirri   skin light colour after having been burnt.

barawiyal   new laid.

barawun   rays of sunlight before sun rises.

barkiki   ibis.

barkthun   crack.

barkuma   native cat.

barkparkthun   sing.

barŋgitj   Moiety: Y. 1 • type of bee.

2 • sugarbag.

bartjunmarama   whip; flog; slap; hit; beat.

barpuru   yesterday.

barrakala   bone on lower leg.

barrambarra   cloth; clothes.

barraŋga'yun   thank repeatedly; answer the orator in appreciation or agreement.

barraŋga-djarryun   sketch.

barraŋgunha   stingray.

barrarirri   frightened.

barray'parray   near the surface; lightly.

barrdjaḻ'yun   Variant: barryaḻ'yun. slip; slip over.

barrkimirri   married.

barrku   far away; get out of the way.

barrkuḏakthun   far away; get out of the way (verbal form of barrku).

barrkuwatj   separate; each.

barrkuwatjkuma   deal; give out.

barrkparrkpunuma   unfold; open out; spread out.

barrma'yun   sit or lie with legs apart. See: baŋdhun.

barrŋbarrŋ   holey.

barrŋbarrŋdhirri   made holey.

barrŋgiḻ   feet turned out when walking (correct way for men).

barrŋiryun   ear splitting noise.

barrtjun   1 • spear.

2 • sew.

barrukala   paper bark.

barrulanhayŋu   cave.

barrupu   tobacco.

barrwaṉ   1 • skin.

2 • bark.

3 • pound note.

barrwaŋdhun   fall.

barrwaŋmarama   trip; push over.

barrwarr   part of male anatomy (scrotum? used in swearing). Syn: ḏenybarrwarr, buruŋurr.

barryaḻ'yun   slip over; slip.

barrpa'   putrid; rotten.

barrpa'thirri   putrid; rotten (become....).

barr'yun   vintr. tear; split.

bat   throw away ŋue int. with ŋurrkama. See: ŋurrkama.

batigut   petticoat; skirt.

batitj   full tide; high tide.

batumaŋ   swimming goggles.

baṯa-ḏumurru   good hunter.

baṯi   barbed spear.

baṯthun   make fire.

baṯuŋgu   man or boy circumcised by Mandayala ceremony.

baṯpa   reef; stones; rocks under water.

baṯpaṯthun   pick off (fruit).

baṯ'   touch; hold; have; reach (int. with ŋayathama).

bathala   huge; massive; very big.

bathan   cook; boil; burn.

bathi   basket; bag; box; dilly bag.

bathi-gurririmirri   death adder.

batjikali   pannikin.

batjimurruŋu   shell fish.

batjiwarr   path; road; way.Variant: batjuwarr.

batjpatj   sickness.

bawala   mistakenly.Variant: babala.

bawa'gurrupan   to make silly (by fright, etc.).

bawa'mirri   Variant: baba'mirri. mistake. See: baba'yun.

bawitj   full tide.Variant: bagitj. See: wumbirr.

bawkthun   fell; chop.

bawu   sp grass.

bawurr   type of fish spear.

bawuthu   wind.

bawyun   to burst; hatch.

baw'yun  

bayarrak   non-stinging bee.

bayapaya   rope attached to sail to manipulate.

bayini   white woman.

baymatthun   gather; beat; hit (person etc). Djambarrpuyŋu but used in Gupapuyŋu.

bay'   inter with ganarrthama, ganan. See: ganarrthama.

bapmarama   paint; splotch; dab.

bapuy'yun   toss; plunge.

bäba   gum nut.

bäka   1 • tail.

2 • lower leg.

3 • handle.

bäkala   harpoon.

bäka-bakmarama   pay back; take revenge.

bäka-ŋayathama   hold a person back.

bäki   n. use; try out; borrow.

bäkul   stingray.

bäkumirriyama   measure; weigh.

bäla   1 • walk.

2 • sp. fish.

3 • mark left on ground when walking.

bälkay   urine.

bälupalu   wood used for fighting stick; stick for killing turtles.

bäḻatha   stick used for wife beating.

bäḻbaḻyun   be bent over.

bäḻtji   yam.

bämara   helper; friend; companion.

bämbi   stingray.

bäna   still; might; until; never mind.Variant: bäynha.

bändarra   be or feel giddy.

bändurruŋ   diamond fish.

bäni   be (of water, in water).

bänhdharra   deep sea.

bäŋgu   boiled bark.

bäru   crocodile.

bär'   thin.

bärr   cicatrice; scar from burn; axe mark on tree.

bärra   good fishing spot; near rocks. See: yinindi.

bärraŋ   cane knife; meat chopper.

bärra'   west; west wind.

bärra'mirri   season before wet when wind blows from west.

bärrkarr   penetrating; spreading far and wide.

bäti   short two edged knife.

bäṯa   wild carrot.

bäthu   rock; stone.

bätju   digging stick.

bätjupatju   coat; shirt.

bäwaŋ   vegetable food; potatoes.

bäwi   pig.

bäw'   pleasant smell.

bäy   still; might; until; never mind.Variant: bäynha; bäna; bäydhina.

bäyarra   pay; pay back; take vengeance.

bäydhina   still; might; until; never mind.

bäykarrarama   take no notice; disobey.

bäymaŋu   Syn: nininyŋu.

bäynha   still; might; until; never mind (bäna).

bäyŋu   none; no; not any; negative.

bäyŋuthirri   Syn: dhawarkthun.

bäyŋuyama   bring to nought.

bäythirri   to miss out on something.

bäypi'yun   be left behind; stay behind.

bäy-ḻakarama   forgive; overlook.

bäpa   father; father's brother.

bäpaŋ   1 • sp of oak.

2 • side scales of turtle.

3 • plank.

bäpi   snake.

bäpi-djäri   rainbow.

bäpurru   clan group.

bä'pali   1 • medicine.

2 • wooden dish.

be   somewhere; maybe. Syn: ŋula.

bekaŋ   fish hook; fishing line with hook.

belama   dig.

bel'pil   pliable; easily bent.

beḻaŋ   1 • calm.

2 • quiet.

bembi   sheep.

benybu   Banksia papuana; sp tree.

berratha   rice; wheat; barley.

berrkmirriŋu   a great number ŋue people.

biḏila   1 • liver.

2 • bad.

biḏila'yama   make bad.

biḏila'yirri   become bad.

biḏitj   fish spear thrower.

biḏiwiḏiyun   sing (of bird biḏiwiḏi).

biḏipi   See: barr'.

biḏi'yun   paint.

bidjal   freshwater fish.

bikaḏa   arm band. See: djaḻi (ḻiyagalawumirri).

bikpikthun   shake to throw off something adhering ŋue stinging insect, water (dog).

bilamapilama   black shouldered kite.

bili   and; because; interrogative word.

bilinydjan   Moiety: Dh. dhuwa subsection, female (male balaŋ').

bilitj   sp parrot.

bilipilipthun   fan a fire.

bilkbilk   flat (wood, land, stone).

bilkthun   cover; deceive.

bilŋarr   female sexual organs.

bilŋbilŋdhun   clap knees together; walk with wobbly knees.

bilyun   turn.

bil'marama   straighten.

biḻa   mark on ground by snake, crocodile, lizards, a child crawling.

biḻaŋ'thun   lick.

biḻbiḻthun   howl of dog.

biḻbiḻyun   to be unfirm (of building, etc.).

biḻimbiḻil   hole belonging to wititj (python).

biḻinbiḻin   big house.

biḻkthun   excrete; defecate; lay; give birth.

biḻma   music sticks.

biḻtjawunuma   shoot.

biḻparr   1 • wood chips from chopping.

2 • scraps of paper.

biḻpiḻyun   break of day.

biḻ'piḻ   sp tree used for rubbing medicine.

binbarr   1 • wing.

2 • small piece of tobacco.

binbin   scales (of fish).

bindha   ribs.

biṉbapthun   recur e.g. sickness, sore.

biṉḏabarr'parryun   crack (of ground, rock, wood, fibre).

biṉḏirrkthun   strike (a match).

biṉdharr'yun   swear.

biṉdjarra   stone axe.Variant: bindjirra.

biṉgal   small sharp pointed stick ŋue for boys after circumcision; girls at puberty ceremonies for scratching head, eating food etc; women use it for digging shellfish and bashing self or ground in grief.

biṉi   large stingray.

biṉiny   finger or toe nails.

biṉ'tawu   mud; earth; gravel.

binydjarr'yun   kill. See: räkuma.

binydjitj   thin; fleshless.

binygirrigirriyirri   fresh water. See: raypinydhirri.

binygurr   grass. See: mulma.

biŋga'yun   vintr. wake up; be awake.

biŋgipiŋgiyun   movements when about to wake up.

biŋ'thun   such air through teeth.Variant: biŋ'piŋdhun.

birapthun   flash; give out gleam of light.

bira'yun   be awake; open one's eyes.

birkarr'yun   call out names in buŋgul. ŋärra ga bukuḻup See: buŋgul.

birkpirk   kingfisher.

birpa   rectum.

bir'yun   sparkle; glitter; shine.

birr   inter. with barrku, baman' or dhärra.

birrali   corn; maize.

birraŋany   side; half.

birrbirryun   fly; get up and go.Variant: birrwirryun.

birrgugu   remember unkindness for retribution later. See: yaṉḏayaṉḏa; marrgugu; ḏikṯik.

birrimbirr   soul; spirit.

birrirri'yun   turn around; screw.

birripirrip   bustard. Notes (General) announces the Dhuwa dead when they arrive at Burralku See: birrkpirrk(ŋani).

birrka   by mistake; accidentally.

birrka'yun   try; test.

birrku   full moon.

birrkpirrk   Variant: birrkpirrkŋani. bustard. Notes (General) announces the Dhuwa dead when they arrive at Burralku See: birripirrip.

birrŋarr   species of turtle.

birrŋ'marama   1 • get bigger; increase in size (fire).

2 • spread a story; news.

birrŋ'thun   1 • get bigger; increase in size (fire).

2 • spread a story; news.

birrwakthun   spread; increase.

birrwirra   fish.

birrwirryun   fly; get up and go after bungul etc.Variant: birrbirryun.

birr'pirryun   1 • stamp feet.

2 • rub sticks together.

bitmarama   graze; brush against; just miss; almost touch.

biṯi   1 • hip.

2 • back leg (of turtle). See: bulŋu.

biṯiwatmarama   fall head first.

biṯiwatthun   fall head first.

biṯthunmirri   Syn: mala-bunhamirri.

bithiwul   nothing. Syn: bäyŋu.

bitji   snake scales.

bitji-buma   shed skin.

biw'yun   1 • fan (fire).

2 • brush away.

biyarrmak   funny.

biyarrmak märrama   1 • make someone laugh.

2 • make fun of.

biyay   goanna.

biyapiya   intestines.

boḏuk   black beetle.

bokman   to create.

bola   1 • moon.

2 • dugong's stomach.

bolk   semen.

bolu   bamboo.

bolutju   moustache.

boḻuku   rot; mould; decomposition; rotten; mouldy.

bon   knee.

bondi   quickly; hurry up.

bon-dhärra   kneel.

bon-djalkthun   march.

bon-djipthun   kneel.

boṉba   butterfly.

boŋgama   break of day.

boŋgunu   tomorrow at daybreak.

borum   1 • ripe.

2 • cooked.

borru   ringworm; skin disease ŋue Yolŋu used to scratch and make bleed then bathe in salt water or apply salt direct.

borrutj   sandfly.

borr'kuma   cut up animal for distribution.

botubutu   1 • tractor.

2 • iron bar.

3 • crank.

4 • axe.

bothirri   deceive; tell a lie.

bothubuthukuma   plait; braid; twist.

bothurru   count.

botjama   build.

botjulk   cool.

botjulkkuma   make cool.

botjulkthirri   become cool.

botjuŋ   large jar or pitcher.

boy   yellow fatty part of crab.

boyaŋ   paper (old word).

boyara   1 • brain.

2 • pus.

boy'yun   blow.

bopu   throat; windpipe.

buḏaw'yun   go off; explode; burst.

buḏapmarama   cross over; push (boat) over creek.

buḏapthun   cross over; push (boat) over creek.

buḏuḏupthun   gallop.

buḏurrutjun   wring out clothes.

buḏuyurr   1 • whirlwind.

2 • twist strands of rope.

budju'yun   rub (bark against leg to make rope).Variant: buyu'yun.

bugun   paper bark cup.

bukaḏaŋu   brother. Notes (General) Ritharrŋu dialect

bukaŋu   saved (e.g. food).

bukaway   dreams.

bukmak   all; every.

bukmakkuma   completely.

bukmuk   pitch dark; heavy feeling in head e.g. after eating too much maypal.

buku   1 • forehead.

2 • will.

3 • cliff.

4 • face.

bukumirriyama   pray.

bukumuk   1 • pitch dark.

2 • heavy feeling in head eg. after eating too much maypal.

buku walma   poke your head out.

bukuwaṉ'waṉ   high.

bukuy-moma   leave behind (at death). Syn: ḻiyay-moma.

bukuy-ŋurrkama   1 • refuse.

2 • scatter.

buku'gurrpan   thank; be grateful to.

buku-bakmarama   1 • answer.

2 • go around.

buku-bakthun   1 • get a shock.

2 • go right around (instead of cutting across).

buku-biḻ'marama   bring to remembrance.

buku-bira'yun   ŋatha which is eaten after miyapunu, guya and maypal. See: matha-yal ŋue clears head and refreshes person.

buku-butmarama   bring bones back to own country.Variant: buku-wutmarama.

buku-ḏaw'marama   Syn: buku-bakmarama.

buku-ḏäl   persistent; dauntless.

buku-ḏälthinyamirri   argue.

buku-ḏiy'yun   1 • dislike.

2 • observe taboo.

buku-ḏuŋ'thun   have a headache.

buku-ḏuwatthun   persist; keep trying.

buku-dharrpanmirri   1 • hang one's head.

2 • get lost in a crowd.

3 • deceive; betray.

buku-dhirrpan   retard; refuse (buku-nherran).

buku-dhirr'yun   remind; incite (e.g. by reminding of injuries received); do something a second time.

buku-dhunarra   be born.

buku-dhuwaḻyun   ask for more and keep asking.

buku-djaw'yunmirri   exchange gifts; exchange ideas; exchange wives.

buku-djulŋi   please; thank you.

buku-djuḻkmarama   exchange.

buku-gänaŋ'thirri   stray; wander off alone.

buku-gurthapuy   widow.

buku-gurrupanmirri   not retaliate; accept punishment meekly.

buku-gurrpan   thank; be grateful to.

buku-ḻaḻawukthun   face peeling; peel ŋue snake shedding skin.

buku-ḻambuma   Variant: buka-ḻambuma. pay back; take revenge (not Gupa?).

buku-ḻarryun   fall; slide; collapse (e.g. pile of bricks).

buku-ḻiw'marama   all over; around.

buku-ḻukmarama   gather together.

buku-ḻukthun   gather; collect.

buku-ḻumbak   make into parcel.

buku-ḻup   cleansing ceremony.

buku-ḻupmarama   cleanse; baptise.

buku-ḻupthun   be cleansed; baptised (be --.

buku-malamirri   with a crowd.

buku-malamirriŋu   1 • crowd.

2 • flock.

3 • school of fish.

buku-manapanmirri   gather together.

buku-märrma'   twice.

buku-moma   misunderstood.

buku-munha   dark.

buku-nhäma   to dislike; have nothing to do with; keep away from.

buku-nhänhamirri   to dislike each other.

buku-nherran   1 • forbid.

2 • go against (e.g. wind blowing against boat).

buku-nhirrpan   retard; refuse. See: buku-nherran.

buku-ŋal'yun   respect; worship; look up to.

buku-rangu   in the middle of the night.

buku-roŋanmarama   give answer.

buku-roŋiyirri   retaliate.

buku-rulwaŋdhunmirri   not retaliate.

buku-wanaŋgunhamirri   feel regret for wrong doing.

buku-waŋgany   once.

buku-warwuwu   adj. sad.

buku-warrwarryun   rushing to be first.

buku-yarrwupthun   be born.

buku-yäbulu   kind; gentle face (buku-yäwulu).

buky-ḻambuma   pay back; take revenge.

bulal'   two.

bulay   1 • rich.

2 • jewellery; gold.

bulbul   slow; lethargic; sluggish; lacking in energy.Variant: bulwul.

bulbulyun   slow; lethargic; sluggish; lacking in energy.

buldji   ceremonial dilly bag decorated with feathers.

buliki   cattle (from English).

bulinhdha'   stir; mix.

bulka   body hair; fur on animal.

bulkuŋu   thunder. Syn: wolma.

bulman   spear thrower (fish only).

bulnha   slowly; wait a moment.

bulnha'marama   vtr. slow down; stop.

bulnha'yun   vintr. slow down.

bulŋu   leg of turtle.

bulŋuyuk   1 • extinguished (fire); not alight.

2 • not carrying firestick.

bulu   more; again; then.

bulukminy   file snake. Syn: djaykuŋ.

bulunu   1 • east wind.

2 • tree.Variant: bulwuŋu; buluwuŋu.

buluŋuwa   more; again; then.

bulurruŋ   1 • flaky (of food, tobacco).

2 • cooked on outside but not right through.

bulwul   slow; lethargic; sluggish; lacking in energy.

bulwuŋu   east.

bulyun   be (or/in water).

bul'   noise of something dropped (e.g. stone). See: galkirrina.

bul'pulyun   noise of stamping feet; make noise walking on hard ground, concrete etc.

buḻa   1 • small parasite attaches to fish.

2 • offsider; helper.

buḻangitj   very good; excellent.

buḻany   Moiety: Y. 1 • kangaroo.

2 • subsection (male).

buḻanybirr   porpoise.

buḻanydjan   Moiety: Y. Yirr. subsection (female).

buḻaŋgarr   rat.

buḻarryun   1 • be clear (meaning).

2 • be tilted on one side.

buḻarr(nha)   lie down; sleep (inter. with ŋorra).

buḻbuḻmarama   mix fat of stingray with flesh for taste.

buḻbuḻyun   come in (of tide).Variant: bulwulyun.

buḻiḻi   sp. bush fruit.

buḻnyin   possum fur.

buḻnyirr'marama   1 • cycle or run fast.

2 • march (ie action with knees high).

buḻŋu   soft (ground fruit).

buḻŋuthirri   become soft.

buḻumbuḻ   white hair.

buḻumbuḻmirri   grey haired; covered with flour.

buḻumitj   bloomers; pants (from English).

buḻuŋun   1 • knot in tree.

2 • lump in body.

buḻwaŋ'marama   vtr. smash; break in pieces.

buḻwaŋ'thun   smash; break in pieces.

buḻwuḻmarama   mix fat of stingray with flesh for taste.Variant: bulbulmarama.

buḻpuḻ   1 • feather.

2 • flower.

buḻpuḻmarama   make burn.

buḻpuḻyun   burn (of fire).

buḻpupuyun   swell; blister.

buḻ'manydji   sp shark.

buḻ'yun   play.

buḻ'puḻmarama   vtr. swell. See: buḻ'yun.

buḻ'puḻyun   vintr. swell. See: bul'yun.

buma   1 • hit; beat.

2 • kill.

3 • make.

4 • collect; pick.

bumbarrurr   1 • rock.

2 • hill.

buna   arrive; come.

bunanhamirri   meet.

bunbaṯaṯ   coiled around (snake).

bundi   sp. turtle.

bundurr   totemic name given to clan; special name given to person relating to clan territory or totems.

bundhurr   crippled; unable to fly (eg domestic fowls).

bungu'punguyun   nod head in agreement.

bun'kumu   knee.

buṉapi   trepang.

buṉbu   native house (Aboriginal design).

buṉbu dhuyu   church.

buṉbuma   build; make.

buṉbuṉ'   white paint made from clay.

buṉḏalal   palsy; cramp; "pins and needles".

buṉḏalŋu   centre back of animal or person.

buṉdjuŋu   sp. large bush fruit.

buṉ'ṯaŋu   small snake.

bunhamirri   fight.

bunybu   sp. shellfish.

bunydji   anus.

buny'tjun   smoke.

buŋbulyun   smoke or steam rising.

buŋbuŋdhun   vintr. boil.

buŋbuŋmarama   vtr. boil.

buŋgan   smell (good or bad).

buŋgan märrama   work black magic.

buŋgatthun   be happy; feel refreshed; feel enthusiastic.

buŋgawa   boss; master.

buŋgul   ceremony.

buŋgu'yun   nod head in agreement.Variant: bungu'punguyun.

buŋ'puŋdhun   make kissing noise (lips pushed forward).

bur   come; arrive ŋue (interj. with buna). See: buna.

bura   in the middle.

burakirri   be hurt (speak).

burala   diving duck.

burarra   name of a clan and language.

burburbunuma   paint (person or bark) colour in outlines.

burdjiburdji'yun   1 • rub out; erase.

2 • make no effect.

burgu   flower.

burirritj   generally term for fish; not sharks. Syn: guya.

burkthun   float; be in water.

burŋa'yun   See: wandirri; marrtji.

burumun'   1 • cheek.

2 • island.

3 • fruit.

buruŋgulk   1 • threadbare.

2 • brittle; fragile; weak.

3 • covered with footprints.

buruŋgurr   pelican.

buruŋurr   scrotum.

bururr'yun   wipe; dry.

bururr'yunmirri   1 • wipe oneself; rub against something.

2 • wriggle through a small hole.

buryun   come to nothing; fall through.

bur'   water (current) swirling around rock.

bur'yuŋurrkama   1 • person being constantly attacked verbally, gets fed up and leaves. ruŋi dhärukthu nanya bur'yuŋurrkaŋala wiripuŋulili wäŋalili

2 • current/water swirling around rock nearly capsises canoe.

bur'puryun   become puffed from running. See: noy-bur'yun.

burrakuma   threaten.

burralaŋ   Moiety: Dh. 1 • sp. wallaby.

2 • subsection (male).

burralkthun   sing in special way for initiation of deceased person.

burralku   land of departed spirits; home of morning star.

burrbuburrbuyun   Variant: wurrbuwurrbuyun.

burrburrmarama   get engine going.

burrburryun   Variant: burrwurryun. 1 • sing for deceased person in camp concert, cleansing ceremony ŋue sing to accompaniment of clapsticks (eg for mokuy).

2 • noise an engine makes.

burrgutj   lungs.

burriṯiŋu   whip.

burrkpurrk   part of body which 'clicks' when arm; leg or back is stretched suddenly.

burrmalala   cyclone.

burrmiḏi   peaceful; peace loving.

burruburruthuŋan   comfort? ŋue person coming to pay respects to dead person. Another person goes to meet and escort him: (ḏälkuma nanya). Syn: ḏälkuma.

burrudhiṯthun   scoop up.

burrugu   young shark.

burruḻuḻu   soft muddy ground.

burrumilkama   misunderstand.

burrumiṯpa   rock cod.

burrumunuŋ   stale or cold food; slow moving person; numb; stiff.

burrumunuŋdhirri   stale or cold food; slow moving person; numb; stiff.

burrumunuŋgunhamirri   Syn: ŋayamunuŋgunhamirri.

burrunha-ḏälthirri   Syn: ganydjarrmirriyirri.

burrunhdhiya'   leprosy.Variant: burrinhdhiya.

burrunhdhiya'kuma   mix food with too much water.

burruŋburruŋ   1 • part of animal (and human?) near muscle.

2 • non-edible.

3 • thrown away.

burru'purruka   small cloth rag. Syn: näga.

burrwarmirri   no fun (or)# bright conversation etc. ŋue e.g. wäŋa. Syn: djawaryunamirri.

burrwarr   int. with gombuma.

burrwurryun   throb of engine.Variant: burrburryun.

burrpal   fly beyond pupa stage (with legs, not flying).

burrpiḻ'yun   give a raspberry; blow in person's eye.

burrpu   cruel; callous; destructive; affair with wrong relation.

burrpurryun   get stuck; be stuck.

burrpuy   leprosy (Black magic).

burrpuy-märrama   work black magic.

burr'yun   1 • play.

2 • dance.

burr'purryun   fall (e.g. leaves from tree).

butputthun   swell.

buṯthun   fly.

buṯthu'puṯthun   Variant: buṯ'puṯthun. fly. See: buṯthun.

buṯpuṯthun   rise ŋue of smoke, dust.

buṯ'puṯthun   Variant: buṯthu'puṯthun. fly. See: buṯthun.

buthalak   yellow ochre.

buthinipa   belt made from string.

buthugulkulk   expression used when ŋula nhä dhu manymak malŋ'thun.

buthulu   bottle.

buthunu   scorpion.

buthuru   ear.

buthurumara   within hearing.

buthuru-bitjun   listen.

buthuwa   1 • excrete; defecate.

2 • lay; give birth. See: biḻkthun.

butjiri   bad smell.

butjiriyirri   smell bad.

butju   feathers.

butjulama   to entice; draw.

buwa   word used to attract attention.

buwalbuwalyun   bubble up.

buwalkthun   surface.

buwaḻa   fat.

buwaḻkpuwaḻk   mould.

buwaḻkpuwaḻkmirri   mouldy.

buwaḻ'yun   break of day.

buwaḻ'yurru   tomorrow.

buwaṯa   plain turkey.

buwayak   faint.

buwayakkuma   rub out; make indistinct.

buyara   brain; pus.

buyapuya   young porpoise.

buyu   weave.

buyubuyu   smooth.Variant: buyuwuyu.

buyu'yun   rub (bark against leg to make rope).Variant: budju'yun.

buyu-dhumuk   close weave.

buyu-gaḏagaḏa   open weave.

buypuru   stone used for crushing cycad.