Examples: cartography card archaeology archetype monarchy legal loyal purse personal cinema kinase car carpenter hippopotamus Mesopotamia dative data date
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Kannada ನೀರು
← Brahui دیر (cognate)
← Proto-Dravidian *nīr (inherited)
← Tamil நீர் (cognate)
← Telugu నీరు (cognate)

→ Kannada ಕಣ್ಣೀರು (affix)
→ Tamil நீர் (cognate)
→ Telugu నీరు (cognate)