tetekaw noun English. A bird, probably the crow-billed drongo, possibly Scientific name. Dicrurus hottentottus striatus Note. Name is onomatopoeic of bird's call, perceived as tek tek tekaw. Example sentence: Subanen. Naa kiin tetekaw, kaas iini paingalan nami dun, pu' duun daw kanugdini gembata' peksegengenen tu gama'en, eksapan dun su tebunen. Sa' begayen ditu gama'en, telu'en nu gama'en, peseksapen ditu gina'en. Bena' begayen ditu gina'en, telu'enen, begayen ditu gama'en. Muka' titekaw dayun su gembata' luminayug, binaluy manukmanuk, iin dayuni tetekaw kiin. Iini puunan nu manukmanuk tetekaw. Kaas sa' mektalu', “Tek tek tekaw, tek tek tekaw”. English. Now, as for the drongo, the reason we call it that is that long ago, it is said that there was a child who was begging his father to peel his sugarcane for him. When he gave it to his father, he told him to have his mother peel it. When he gave it to his mother, she told him to give it to his father. Then suddenly the child flew up in the air, and turned into a bird, and that was the first drongo. So when it talks, it says, “Sudden, sudden”. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki tetekaw, sa' mektalu' timpu dupi', memedes. English. If a drongo bird calls in rainy season, sunny weather is on the way. Generic. manukmanuk