སྦྲང་བུ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b-(r/j)aŋ (“fly, bee”). Compare Old Chinese 蠅 (OC *b·lɯŋ, “bee”) and Burmese ယင်ကောင် (yangkaung, “fly”).

Noun

སྦྲང་བུ • (sbrang bu)

  1. fly, or similar insects e.g. bees
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