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 *rawᴬ

→ Lü ᦣᧁ (inherited)
→ Lao ເຮົາ (inherited)
→ Lao เฮา (inherited(lo/tts))
→ Tai Nüa ᥞᥝᥰ (inherited)
→ Thai เรา (inherited)
→ Zhuang raeuz (inherited)
→ Chinese 佬 (cognate)
→ Chinese 兩 (cognate)