Examples: cartography card archaeology archetype monarchy legal loyal purse personal cinema kinase car carpenter hippopotamus Mesopotamia dative data date
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Khmer ខ្លា
← Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (inherited)
← Mon ကၠ (cognate)
← Santali ᱠᱩᱞ (cognate)

→ Bahnar kla (cognate)
→ Khumi Chin täkai (cognate)
→ Khmer ខាល (mention)
→ Khmer ខ្លាឃ្មុំ (compound)
→ Mon ကၠ (cognate)
→ Pnar khla (cognate)
→ Vietnamese khái (cognate)