tapahi
1. (verb) (-a) to cut, chop, hack, cut up, operate, amputate.
E mahara ana ahau ki ētahi kupu nā Te Karaiti mō te tapahi i te ringa, i te waewae rānei, mō te hīkaro hoki i te kanohi (TP 1/12/1901:5). / I remember some words by Christ about cutting off hands or legs and plucking out eyes.
Synonyms: whāwhā, whakahaere, whakamahi
2. (noun) cutting, cutting off, amputation.
Te kitenga o te tākuta ka mea atu kia tere tonu te tapahi i te ringaringa i ngaua rā (TTT 1/9/1921:10). / When the doctor saw it he said that the hand that had been bitten should be amputated immediately.
niho tapahi
1. (noun) incisor tooth, front tooth.
Ko ngā waha tētahi, ka āta tū ngā niho tapahi me ngā niho pū kātahi ka tino oti tēnā whakamoe tāne, wahine (JPS 1927:352). / The mouth was another thing, an even set of incisors and of double teeth was deemed desirable, and, if all these things were satisfactory, then marriage was assured.
tapahanga
1. (noun) cutting (something), surgical operation - derived noun form of tapahi.
Ehara, ka hoki mai anō a Hōne Heke ka tapahia anō te pou kara – te tuarua, te tuatoru o ngā tapahanga i Hānuere 1845 (TTR 1990:66). / Lo and behold, Heke returned and the flag pole was cut down again - it was cut down a second and third time in January 1845.
See also tapahi
