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Thai ลา
← English la (borrowed)
← Lü ᦟᦱ (cognate)
← Lü ᦟᦱ (cognate)
← Khmer លា (cognate)
← Khmer លា (cognate)
← Lao ລາ (cognate)
← Lao ລາ (cognate)
← Middle Chinese - (cognate)
← Northern Thai ᩃᩣ (cognate)
← Northern Thai ᩃᩣ (cognate)
← Shan လႃး (cognate)

→ Lü ᩃᩣ (cognate)
→ Khmer លា (cognate)
→ Khmer លា (cognate)
→ Lao ລາ (cognate)
→ Lao ລາ (cognate)
→ Northern Thai ᩃᩣ (cognate)
→ Northern Thai ᩃᩣ (cognate)
→ Thai การลา (prefix)
→ Thai ถวายบังคมลา (compound)
→ Thai ลาก่อน (compound)
→ Thai ลาออก (compound)
→ Thai ร่ำลา (compound)