poronga
1. (noun) amputation.
I tana pānga e te mate rehu ohotata i te tau 1993 me te poronga atu o ōna waewae i te mate huka, haere tonu ai ia ki ngā hui a Te Ohu Kai Moana mā runga tūru wīra (TTR 2000:49). / After he had a stroke in 1993 and his legs were amputated because of diabetes, he continued attending the meetings of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission in a wheelchair.
2. (noun) abbreviation, shortening, truncation, cutting short.
Synonyms: whakapotonga, whakapoto