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˥˥/

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• 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)

1. caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)