དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ

Tibetan

Caterpillars with emerging Ophiocordyceps sinensis.

Etymology

Literally, “grass (during) summer, bug (during) winter”. Compare Chinese 冬蟲夏草／冬虫夏草 (dōngchóngxiàcǎo).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*dbʲar.rt͡sʷa.dɡun.ᵐbu/
Lhasa: /jaː˥˥.t͡sa˥˥ kỹ˩˨.pu˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*dbʲar.rt͡sʷa.dɡun.ᵐbu/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: yaa^f-za^f guen^v-bu^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /jaː˥˥.t͡sa˥˥ kỹ˩˨.pu˥˥/

Noun

དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ • (dbyar rtswa dgun 'bu)

caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)

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