biyenan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bianan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• biyanan
• byanan — nonstandard

Etymology

From earlier variant biyanan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bieˈnan/ [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

 

Further reading

• “biyenan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “biyenan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 562: “Suegro) Bianan (pc) o ſuegra”