Proto-Nakh: *lāmV-j
Meaning: stairs, ladder
Chechen: lāmi
Ingush: lɔmi
Comments: 6th class in both languages. The Bacb. word for 'stairs, ladder' is laṗ; historically it is rather a reflection of PN *laṗa 'shed, penthouse' (q.v.) with a semantic contamination of two roots in Bacb.