tencu meaning in english

[Tel. The causal of tegu.] v. a. To break, snap. tegajeyu. vadutencu to break the cord., i.e., to make a woman a widow by breaking the cord which sustains the token of marriage (talibottu.) Hence okanitadutencu to break a man’s cord, to ruin a man. This verb occurs in compounds signifying ‘to come’ or ‘go,’ as arudencu, egudencu, etencu, tanudencu, cottencu, paratencu, parudencu, puttencu, &c.