telemaw verb English. Has a very severe infection of one's extremity, caused by a puncture and resulting in loss of finger or toe if untreated. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki telemaw, ginis leduun, iini puunanen, dugi. Sa' medugia, dayun mengebag, muka' mesu'i tulan di tendu' mu, kiin, telemaw. English. Telemaw is an ailment that starts from a thorn. If you get a thorn in your finger and it swells up and then the bone in your finger comes out, that is a telemaw. Generic. angel