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Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b-(r/j)aŋ (“fly, bee”). Compare Tibetan སྦྲང་བུ (sbrang bu, “bee”) and Old Chinese 蠅 (OC *b·lɯŋ, “fly”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Noun
ယင် • (yang) (classifier ကောင်)
- (same as ယင်ကောင် (yangkaung)) fly (insect)
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