དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ

Tibetan edit

 
Caterpillars with emerging Ophiocordyceps sinensis.

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)