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.
