tilapya noun English. Freshwater game fish, 20-30 cm. in length. Example sentence: Subanen. Kali' ami pektaan bubu, nda' ami kelaam. Bena' mimana' ami, mikelaam ami dua' buuk tilapya. English. When we set our fishtrap, we didn't catch anything. Then when we went spear fishing, we got two tilapya fish. Generic. seda'