Zuñiga

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): /s̻uɲiɡa/ [s̻u.ɲi.ɣ̞a]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻uɲiɡa/ [s̻u.ɲi.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺uɲiɡa/ [s̺u.ɲi.ɣ̞a]

• 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	singular	plural
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
  • → Tagalog: Zuñiga
  • → English: Zuñiga

Further reading

• “155.- Nafarroako udal izendegia [Municipal toponymy of Navarre]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2009

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Zúñiga

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Zuñiga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θuˈɲiɡa/ [θuˈɲi.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /suˈɲiɡa/ [suˈɲi.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: Zu‧ñi‧ga

Proper noun

Zuñiga f

1. Zuniga: a surname from Basque

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Zuñiga
• → English: Zuniga

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /zunˈjiɡa/, [zʊˈɲi.ɣɐ]
  • IPA^(key): /sunˈjiɡa/, [sʊˈɲi.ɣɐ] (more native-sounding)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈzunjiɡa/, [ˈzu.ɲɪ.ɣɐ]
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsunjiɡa/, [ˈsu.ɲɪ.ɣɐ] (more native-sounding)
• Rhymes: -iɡa, -unjiɡa
• Syllabification: Zu‧ñi‧ga

Proper noun

Zuñiga or Zúñigá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜄ)

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

Statistics

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