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Etymology · Proto-Sino-Tibetan

*s-la

3 English words descend from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, most common first.

teaThe tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.
chaTea, (sometimes dialect) specifically masala chai.
lahpetA dish, popular in Burma, consisting of pickled or fermented tea leaves (encountered in the West especially as tea leaf salad).