pōuto
1. (verb) (-a,-kia) to cut off, amputate.
I tōna whakaaro nui kia ora ia, pōutoa ana e ia tōna ringa - pai atu te ringa mutu i te rua o ngā ringa ki te urupā (TP 1/12/1901:5). / Because his sole focus was to survive, he cut off his hand - better an amputated hand than two hands in the cemetery.
See also pōutoa te kakī