tapahi

== Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *tapasi ~ *tapas-i (“to cut” – compare with Rarotongan tapaʻi “to chop down lengthwise, to cleave”, Tahitian tapahi “to cut or split a fruit into two, to cut down a tree”, Samoan tafa, Tongan tafa “to cut open (of boils), to incise, to carve”), from Proto-Oceanic *tapasi (compare with Fijian tava “to cut with a knife, to castrate”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabas (compare with Malay tebas “to slash or cut down grasses, small plants”, Tagalog tabas “to cut fabric, paper”). Doublet of tapa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈpahi/ [tɐˈpɐhi] === Verb === tapahi (passive tapahia) to cut, to chop to reap, to harvest (of crops like wheat) to amputate limbs ==== Derived terms ==== tapahanga (the cutting of something) tapatapahi === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “tapahi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 446 “tapahi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.