salantain
salantaín with stress marks
to ravage [it] or devastate [it]
From root: salanta
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinalanta
si-na-lan-TA
devastated
Present (Incomplete)
sinasalanta
si-na-sa-lan-TA
is being devastated
Future (Contemplated)
sasalantain
sa-sa-lan-ta-IN
will be devastated
Usage Note
Salantain is the object-focus -in form of salanta, placing the devastated area or thing as the sentence topic. It is most frequently encountered in typhoon and disaster reporting where the province, farmland, or community is foregrounded as what has been ravaged; the root salanta also means physically disabled, hinting at the sense of leaving something crippled.
Examples
" Maaaring salantain ng bagyo ang aming bukid. "
Natural Translation
The storm might devastate our farm.
Literal Translation
Might devastate of storm the our farm.
" May banta na salantain ng peste ang buong taniman ng palay sa isang linggo. "
Natural Translation
Pests threaten to devastate the entire rice farm in a single week.
Literal Translation
Has threat ravage pest whole farm rice-plant one week.
" Kapag muling sasalantain ng malakas na bagyo ang lalawigan, mahihirapan ang mga magsasaka na bumangon mula sa nawalang ani. "
Natural Translation
If a strong storm devastates the province again, the farmers will struggle to recover from the lost harvest.
Literal Translation
When again will-devastate of strong storm the province, will-have-difficulty the farmers to rise from lost harvest.
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