telinga noun English. External organ of hearing, one's ear, of all animals and fowl having an apparent external ear. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' sumalemu tug linaw, melemui kegua'u, pu' mesait ig dialem telingau, muka' melemuu bektusay. English. When I go under water in the pool, I soon come up, because my ears hurt, and I soon get out of breath.