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 *ʰlaŋᴬ

→ Aiton လင် (inherited)
→ Tai Dam ꪨꪰꪉ (inherited)
→ Lao ຫຼັງ (inherited)
→ Shan လင် (inherited)
→ Thai หลัง (inherited)
→ Vietnamese lưng (cognate)
→ Zhuang laeng (inherited)