PROTO: *mamǝ-, *mami-
MEANING: underside of skin, to turn upside down
RMEAN: внутрення сторона шкуры, переворачивать
NEWCOM: It is possible to separate the verb stem *mami- with the meaning 'to turn upside down' and the noun-stem *mamǝ- 'inverted part of skin'. The first is similar to *mumiɣ- with the same meaning. For 'boot' cf. Nivgh *momǝzq 'woman's boots'. REFER: 188, 189