Examples: cartography card archaeology archetype monarchy legal loyal purse personal cinema kinase car carpenter hippopotamus Mesopotamia dative data date
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Vietnamese lâu
Proto-Mon-Khmer *ləwʔ (inherited)
Mon လံ (cognate)
Muong (cognate)

Semai liiw (cognate)
Vietnamese sau (mention)
Vietnamese lâu la (mention)
Vietnamese chẳng bao lâu (compound)
Vietnamese lâu đời (compound)
Vietnamese lâu dài (compound)