Protoform: *ƛ̣omV
Meaning: 1 skin 2 roof
Avar: ṭom 1
Chadakolob: ṭom 1
Andian language: ƛ̣om / lom 2
Akhvakh: ƛ̣ami / ƛ̣ō̃ 2
Chamalal: am 2
Tindi: ami 2
Karata: ƛ̣ame 2
Botlikh: am 2
Bagvalal: ama 2
Godoberi: lam 2
Comments: Av. paradigm C (ṭomó-l, ṭóma-l). The root means both 'roof' and 'skin' in several languages: in Av. cf. Chad. ṭom, Gid. ƛ̣om, Ants. ƛ̣om / ṭom 'roof'; in Akhv. cf. N.-Akhv. ƛ̣ami 'roof', Tlan. ṭama 'skin', Ratl. ƛ̣ami 'roof; skin'. Cf. also Bagv. Kvan. ḳ́ama, Cham. Gig. am, Gad. nabu ( < *ƛ̣am-bu), Kar. Tok. amʔi. There is certainly no reason to separate forms meaning 'roof' from those meaning 'skin' ('roof of body').
