telabi noun English. A small bamboo drum having head made of large lizard skins, used to accompany dancing. Example sentence: Subanen. Sug begutaw daw kanugdiin, duuni telabi nen. Kali'en besalay, mesingku' daw tug langit ig talu'en, saba' ketenugen; launan getaw, mekedengeg dun. English. It is said that long ago a young man had a drum that was so loud that when he beat it, the sound reached heaven and everyone in the world could hear it. c.f. tambul