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 *ʰlaːjᴬ

→ Lao ຫຼາຍ (inherited)
→ Bouyei laail (inherited)
→ Thai หลาย (inherited)
→ Zhuang lai (inherited)
→ Chinese 多 (cognate)
→ Chinese 濟 (cognate)