halungkatin
halungkatín with stress marks
to rummage [it]
From root: halungkat
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
hinalungkat
hi-na-lung-KAT
rummaged
Present (Incomplete)
hinahalungkat
hi-na-ha-lung-KAT
is being rummaged
Future (Contemplated)
hahalungkatin
ha-ha-lung-ka-TIN
will be rummaged
Usage Note
Halungkatin is the object-focus infinitive of halungkat, used when the place, pile, or — figuratively — the past being rummaged through is the grammatical focus. The figurative sense of unearthing old memories or reopening old wounds is particularly idiomatic in Filipino speech, and its actor-focus partner is maghalungkat.
Examples
" Huwag mong halungkatin ang bag ko. "
Natural Translation
Don't rummage through my bag.
Literal Translation
Don't you-link to-rummage the bag my.
" Huwag mo na halungkatin ang mga lumang papel ko. "
Natural Translation
Do not rummage through my old papers.
Literal Translation
Do not you to rummage the old paper my.
" Tuwing umuwi siya sa probinsya, hinahalungkat niya ang mga lumang larawan na nagpapaalala sa kaniyang kabataan. "
Natural Translation
Whenever she returns to the province, she rummages through the old photos that remind her of her youth.
Literal Translation
Every time return she to province, is-being-rummaged she the old photos that remind to her youth.
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