Examples: cartography card archaeology archetype monarchy legal loyal purse personal cinema kinase car carpenter hippopotamus Mesopotamia dative data date
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Khmer ល្អ
← Northern Khmer ละออฺ (cognate)
← Proto-Mon-Khmer *ləʔ (inherited)

→ Khmer សំណាងល្អ (compound)
→ Khmer ល្អឥតខ្ចោះ (compound)
→ Khmer ដំណឹងល្អ (compound)
→ Thai ลออ (cognate)