From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la-y ~ ra (“to come”). IPA(key): /la˧/ <span class="searchmatch">ꇁ</span> (la) to come "600 Phrases in the Liangshan Yi Dialect." Babel Stone....
Cognate with Burmese လာ (la, “to come”), Old Chinese 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ), Nuosu <span class="searchmatch">ꇁ</span> (la, “to come”), Hani lal (la⁵⁵, “to come”) and Tangut 𗆐 (*ljịj², “to come”)...