Examples: cartography card archaeology archetype monarchy legal loyal purse personal cinema kinase car carpenter hippopotamus Mesopotamia dative data date
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lawŋ

→ Khumi Chin bälawng (inherited)
→ Mizo lawng (inherited)
→ Karbi telong (inherited)
→ Malay jong (cognate)
→ Burmese လောင်း (inherited)
→ Chinese 船 (inherited)