korongenge
1. (verb) to be benumbed, paralysed.
Synonyms: pararaiha
2. (noun) dementia.
Ko tōna mate he korongenge. E noho ana ki te kai ka hinga atu ki raro i te tūru, ngoikore tonu atu, e kore e kōrero, e kore e mōhio ake ki te tangata (Karere 4/7/1917:149). / Her illness was dementia. When she was sitting down to eat she would fall off the chair and was quite weak, unable to talk and couldn't recognise anybody.