root word: tinag (move, as in to budge)
tinag
move
tuminag
to budge
di-matinag
immovable
matinag / matitinag
to be able to be moved
isang di-matitinag na istruktura
an immovable structure
Hindi sila natinag.
They weren’t moved.
Ang supling ay mahuhubog sa anumang ayos,
nguni’t paglaki ay hindi na matitinag.
A young tree may be shaped into any form,
but once it’s grown, it can’t be moved.
Ang paniniwala ko ay hindi matitinag.
My belief cannot be moved. It is solidly in place.
Maihahambing ko ang pamilya sa isang pader na kahit sipain o suntukin ng maraming beses ay hindi pa rin matitinag ng kung sinuman.
I can compare a family to a wall, which can be kicked and punched several times but still can’t be moved by anyone.
