KULAMBO

kulambo
mosquito net

also used to be called muskitero o moskitero in the old days,
from the Spanish mosquitero


"Outside de Kulambo" or "outside the kulambo" is a Taglish (combination of Tagalog and English) expression meaning a man who has been banished by his wife from their bed. Usually this is because she is displeased with something he did.


Outside de kulambo na naman si Mister.
The husband is sleeping on the sofa again.

There was movie titled Outside the Kulambo that came out in the Philippines in1960. It was directed by Larry Santiago and starred Zaldy Zshornack, Shirley Gorospe, Amado Cortez.


kulambong malaki
a big mosquito net


malaking kulambo
a big mosquito net


The Tagalog word for 'mosquito' is lamok.


May lamok sa loob ng kulambo.
There's a mosquito inside the mosquito net.