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

→ Lü ᦋᦻ (inherited)
→ Lao ຊາຍ (inherited)
→ Lao ຊາຍ (inherited)
→ Shan ၸၢႆး (inherited)
→ Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (inherited)
→ Thai ชาย (inherited)
→ Thai ชาย (inherited)
→ Zhuang sai (inherited)
→ Chinese 儕 (cognate)