User:Hbrug/Monosyllabicity

This is even worse than the Eskimos.

Sample dictionary passage

《爾雅·釋畜第十九》 ("Dictionary: Explanation of various animals, No.19", 3rd century BC)：

膝上皆白，惟馵。四骹皆白，驓。四蹢皆白，首。前足皆白，騱。後足皆白，翑。前右足白，啓；左白，踦。後右足白，驤；左白，馵。
  tjogs - horse with all-white knees.
  zɯŋ - horse with four white lower legs.
  hljuʔ - horse with four white hoofs.
  geː - horse with all-white forefeet.
  go - horse with all-white backfeet.
  kʰeːʔ - horse with a white front right hoof.
  kʰral - horse with a white front left hoof.
  snaŋ - horse with a white rear right hoof.
  tjogs - horse with a white rear left hoof.

駵馬白腹，騵。驪馬白跨，驈。白州，驠。尾本白，騴。尾白，駺。馰顙，白顛。白達，素縣。面顙皆白，惟駹。
  ŋʷan - red horse with white abdomen.
  ɢʷjid - black horse with white hip.
  qeːns - horse with white dock.
  qraːns - horse with white tail root.
  raːŋ - horse with white tail.
  braːg tiːn - horse with white forehead.
  saːs gʷeːn - horse with white nose.
  mroːŋ - horse with white face.

駵白，駁。黃白，騜。駵馬黃脊，騝。驪馬黃脊，騽。青驪，駽。青驪驎，驒。青驪繁鬣，騥。驪白雜毛，駂。黃白雜毛，駓。陰白雜毛，駰。蒼白雜毛，騅。彤白雜毛，騢。白馬黑鬣，駱。白馬黑脣，駩；黑喙，騧。一目白，瞷。二目白，魚。
  praːwɢ - red-and-white horse.
  gʷaːŋ - yellow-and-white horse.
  gran - yellow-back red horse.
  ɢrub - yellow-back black horse.
  qʰʷeːn - bluegreen-black horse.
  daːl - bluegreen-black horse with fishscale-like stripes.
  mju - bluegreen-black horse with thick mane.
  puːʔ - horse with black-and-white hair.
  pʰrɯ - horse with yellow-and-white hair.
  qin - horse with light black-and-white hair.
  tjul - horse with bluegreen-and-white hair.
  graː - horse with red-and-white hair.
  g·raːg - white horse with black mane.
  sl̥on - white horse with black lips.
  kroːl - horse with black mouth.
  greːn - horse with one white eye.
  ŋa - horse with two white eyes.

既差我馬，宗廟齊毫，戎事齊力，田獵齊足。 ──馬屬。
  With regard to choosing horses: For sacrifice events at ancestral houses, use horses of the same colour; for military battles, use horses of the same (maximum) strength; for hunting, use horses with the same speed.
  End of horses.

犘牛。犦牛。犤牛。犩牛。犣牛。犝牛。犑牛。角一俯一仰，觭；皆踊，觢。黑脣，犉。黑眥，牰。黑耳，犚。黑腹，牧。黑脚，犈。其子，犢。體長，牬。絕有力，欣犌。 ──牛屬。

羊：牡，羒；牝，牂。夏羊：牡，羭；牝，羖。角不齊，觤。角三觠，羷。羳羊，黃腹。未成羊，羜。絕有力，奮。 ──羊屬。

犬生三，猣；二，師；一，玂。未成毫，狗。長喙，獫。短喙，猲獢。絕有力，狣。尨，狗也。 ──狗屬。

雞，大者蜀。蜀子，雓。未成雞，僆。絕有力，奮。 ──雞屬。

馬八尺爲駥。牛七尺爲犉。羊六尺爲羬。彘五尺爲豟。狗四尺爲獒。雞三尺爲鶤。 ──六畜。