tello
Tello is an auxiliary only verb ‘must V’ expressing strong obligation. Tello is used for polite imperatives, as in: Kuno-tello=di=nu! ‘You must get the thing!’ or ‘Get the thing!’.
Tello is derived from tene and the obsolete particle lo ‘up’.
Examples
[#77] Cewadu gehe kadde telloja.”
[#22] Jede kadde tellotoda Peyada.
[#76] Kadde tetta telloja.
[#31] Mete metepe noye nome tellotodanu doŋiŋi telili.
[#14] Se-dapeladace, “Kidi sewa basabasanu tene tellole.”
[#75] Selemona, “Setta telloja.