For something which destroys crops (actor -um- & inst) to cause someone (patient -on) to suffer famine.
bumtel
Bumtel di do''o.
Rats cause famine.
Hidin gubat di Hapon ya nappūhi ahan ti nabtel an amin di tatāgu.
During the Japanese war it was extremely bad because all the people suffered famine.
Nalīgat nan og'og ti mun'atoy an amin di mihābal at hiyah ne abtelan di tatāgu.
A long drought period is difficult because all the crops die and so that's when the people will experience famine.
mabtel
ma-: mabtel; -um-: bumtel