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 *muuk

→ Khmer មួក (inherited)
→ Lao ໝວກ (cognate)
→ Mon ဒမှော် (inherited)
→ Thai หมวก (cognate)
→ Chinese 帽 (cognate)