དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ

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Tibetan

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Caterpillars with emerging Ophiocordyceps sinensis.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)