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 *nt₁aak

→ Car Nicobarese li-tāk (derived)
→ Khmer អណ្ដាត (inherited)
→ Western Lawa ด̱ัก (inherited)
→ Eastern Lawa ตัก (inherited)
→ Pnar thylleij (derived)
→ Semai lentaak (inherited)