mamboso

Tagalog

Etymology

From mam- +‎ boso. Root word from Spanish buzo (“diver”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /mamˈboso/ [mɐmˈboː.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: mam‧bo‧so

Verb

mamboso (complete namboso, progressive namboboso, contemplative mamboboso, 3rd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜐᜓ)

1. to peep; to view secretly, without being noticed
   • 1987, Jun Cruz Reyes, Tutubi, Tutubi Wag Kang Magpahuli Sa Mamang Salbahe‎^[1], →ISBN, page 96:

     Kung sakaling mahuli kami, sasabihin ko na lang na namboboso kami.

     In case we get caught, I will just tell that we are peeping.

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for mamboso

Affix		Root word			Trigger
mang- ᜋᜅ᜔		boso ᜊᜓᜐᜓ			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
mamboso ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜐᜓ	namboso ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜐᜓ	namboboso ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜐᜓ	mamboboso ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜐᜓ	formal	kapamboboso ᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜐᜓ	pamboso1 ᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜐᜓ
				informal	kakapamboso ᜃᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜐᜓ kapapamboso ᜃᜉᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜐᜓ
1 Not used in Standard Tagalog. Dialectal use only.