biyenan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bianan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• biyanan
• byanan, byenan — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

From earlier variant biyanan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bijeˈnan/ [bjɛˈn̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: bi‧ye‧nan

Noun

biyenán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜒᜈᜈ᜔)

1. parent-in-law

Derived terms

• biyenang-babae
• biyenang-lalaki
• magbiyenan
• mamiyenan
• pinagbiyenan

See also

• bayaw
• bilas
• hipag
• manugang

Further reading

• “biyenan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “biyenan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 562: “Suegro) Bianan (pc) o ſuegra”