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Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ

→ Bahnar kla (inherited)
→ Khmer ខ្លា (inherited)
→ Mon ကၠ (inherited)
→ Burmese ကျား (borrowed)
→ Pnar khla (derived)
→ Vietnamese khái (cognate)
→ Chinese 菟 (derived)
→ Chinese 虎 (derived)
→ Chinese 於菟 (derived)