Zuñiga

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See also: Zuniga and Zúñiga

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻uɲiɡa/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺uɲiɡa/

  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Hyphenation: Zu‧ñi‧ga

Proper noun

Zuñiga inan or anim

  1. (inanimate) A municipality of Navarre, Spain.
  2. (animate) a surname, equivalent to English Zuniga

Declension

Declension of Zuñiga (animate and inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite
absolutive Zuñiga
ergative Zuñigak
dative Zuñigari
genitive Zuñigaren
comitative Zuñigarekin
causative Zuñigarengatik
benefactive Zuñigarentzat
instrumental Zuñigaz
inessive anim. Zuñigarengan
inanim. Zuñigan
locative anim. —
inanim. Zuñigako
allative anim. Zuñigarengana
inanim. Zuñigara
terminative anim. Zuñigarenganaino
inanim. Zuñigaraino
directive anim. Zuñigarenganantz
inanim. Zuñigarantz
destinative anim. Zuñigarenganako
inanim. Zuñigarako
ablative anim. Zuñigarengandik
inanim. Zuñigatik
partitive Zuñigarik
prolative Zuñigatzat

Descendants

  • → Spanish: Zuñiga, Zúñiga

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Zuñiga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θuˈɲiɡa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /suˈɲiɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: Zu‧ñi‧ga

Proper noun

Zuñiga f

  1. Zuniga: a surname from Basque

Descendants

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zúñiga, from Basque Zuñiga. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /zunˈjiɡa/ , /ˈzunjiɡa/
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /sunˈjiɡa/ , (more native-sounding, no yod coalescence) /sunˈjiɡa/ , (more native-sounding) /ˈsunjiɡa/ , (more native-sounding, no yod coalescence) /ˈsunjiɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa, -unjiɡa
  • Syllabification: Zu‧ñi‧ga

Proper noun

Zuñiga or Zúñigá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜄ)

  1. Zuniga: a surname from Spanish , mostly concentrated in Bulacan, Laguna, Quezon and Rizal

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Zuñiga is the 1,412th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 7,548 individuals.
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