halughugin
halughugín with stress marks
to ransack [it]
From root: halughog
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
hinalughog
hi-na-lug-HOG
ransacked
Present (Incomplete)
hinahalughog
hi-na-ha-lug-HOG
is being ransacked
Future (Contemplated)
hahalughugin
ha-ha-lug-hu-GIN
will be ransacked
Usage Note
Halughugin is the object-focus infinitive of halughog, used when the space or container being searched is the focus. The reduplication in the root reflects the thoroughness of the action, and the word frequently appears in police procedural language and colloquial accounts of searching bags or rooms. Its actor-focus partner is maghalughog.
Examples
" Halughugin natin ang bag. "
Natural Translation
Let's ransack the bag.
Literal Translation
Ransack we the bag.
" May utos sila na halughugin ang buong kwarto. "
Natural Translation
They have an order to ransack the entire room.
Literal Translation
Have order they to ransack the entire room.
" Inutusan ng hukom ang mga pulis na halughugin ang buong bahay para hanapin ang nawawalang ebidensya. "
Natural Translation
The judge ordered the police to ransack the entire house to look for the missing evidence.
Literal Translation
Ordered by judge the police to ransack the entire house to look-for the missing evidence.
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