ɣʑo

Japhug

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mrəŋ (“fly; bee”). Cognate with Tibetan སྦྲང་བུ (sbrang bu, “bee”), Old Chinese 蠅 (*m-rəŋ, “fly”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣʑo/

Noun

ɣʑo

  1. (Kamnyu) bee

Derived terms

  • ɣʑokha
  • ɣʑɤndza
  • ɣʑɤzga

References

  1. ^ Zhang, Shuya, Jacques, Guillaume, Lai, Yunfan (2019) “A study of cognates between Gyalrong languages and Old Chinese”, in Journal of Language Relationship, volume 17, number 1, →DOI, page 85 of 73–92
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