Learning Apatani language - Body parts 1 - the face

I wish this post can be useful to all those who are not (anymore ?) fluent in Tanii. With the help of my friends I have tried to collect as many words as I could relating to the vocabulary of head and face, as spoken in daily use. But some of them couldn’t be recalled. Does anyone know them, or know some more ?

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basic parts

nyimo	face
dinta	head
dimmu	hair
tiirii	forehead
?	wrinkle line
khenyi	temple
khenyi amu	sideburns
moru	cheek
mogo alo	cheekbone
langu(-lampo)	neck
lanyan	back of the neck
miji lanchu	Adam’s apple

eye

ami	eye
mitin amu	eyebrow
mibu amu	eyelash
milyo	eyelid
ami-miri	line of the eyelid
ami-mila	teardrop
ami nuri	iris (or iris and pupil altogether ?)

ear

yaru	ear
yaru-rutu	upper part of the ear
yaru pimi	ear lobe
yaru ubu	ear hole
ruhi	ear wax

nose

yapin	nose
yapin-pinyan	nose bridge
yapin ubu	nostril
tano piiyi	nasal mucous/discharge

mouth

agun	mouth
gonchan	corner of the mouth
golukapa	dimple
gompii	chin
gommu	mustache/ beard
nyachu	lips
ayo nyachu	upper lip
akan nyachu	lower lip

mouth (inside)

ahi	tooth
hipya	incisor tooth
diipyo ahi	canine tooth
hiran	molar
?	baby tooth
?	wisdom tooth
alyo	tongue
?	palate
lyirotoko	uvula
?	tonsils
?	throat

P. Bouchery

Apatani language