Examples: cartography card archaeology archetype monarchy legal loyal purse personal cinema kinase car carpenter hippopotamus Mesopotamia dative data date
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Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhaam

→ Bahnar pham (inherited)
→ Nyah Kur ชิม (inherited)
→ Khmer ឈាម (inherited)
→ Mon ဆီ (inherited)
→ Santali ᱢᱟᱭᱟᱢ (cognate)
→ Semai behiip (inherited)
→ Vietnamese tươm (cognate)
→ Chinese 衁 (cognate)