Typhoon Vongfong

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Wed Oct 8 23:42:23 UTC 2014


Vong-fong from Hakka _vong-fung_ (wasp).
Meixian Hakka (Chinese dialect) vong + fung (lit. yellow bee).
Cf. Cantonese wo`hng-fung; Mandarin huang2-feng1

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