དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ
Tibetan
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: yaaf-zaf guenv-buf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /jaː˥˥.t͡sa˥˥ kỹ˩˧.pu˥˥/
Noun
དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ • (dbyar rtswa dgun 'bu)
- caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)