tetangaw noun English. Foul-smelling, rice-devouring, green, winged insect more than l cm. in length. Example sentence: Subanen. Su palay ta, sug bata' memensut dun, inuuk pa pelum tetangaw. English. Just when our little bit of rice was just beginning to have grains on it, swarms of tetangaw bugs are eating it. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki tetangaw, ginis metetubu' muka' ginis dadema pelabu'. English. Tetangaw is a variety of insect and also a kind of plague. verb English. Of grain, Is consumed by such insects. Synonym. sisang Generic. labu'; tubu'