Ainhoa

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯noa/ [ai̯.no.a]
• Rhymes: -oa, -a
• Hyphenation: Ain‧ho‧a

Proper noun

Ainhoa inan or anim

1. (inanimate) A village in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
2. (animate) a female given name

Declension

Declension of Ainhoa (animate and inanimate, ending in -a)

		indefinite
absolutive		Ainhoa
ergative		Ainhoak
dative		Ainhoari
genitive		Ainhoaren
comitative		Ainhoarekin
causative		Ainhoarengatik
benefactive		Ainhoarentzat
instrumental		Ainhoaz
inessive	anim	Ainhoarengan
	inan	Ainhoan
locative	anim	—
	inan	Ainhoako
allative	anim	Ainhoarengana
	inan	Ainhoara
terminative	anim	Ainhoarenganaino
	inan	Ainhoaraino
directive	anim	Ainhoarenganantz
	inan	Ainhoarantz
destinative	anim	Ainhoarenganako
	inan	Ainhoarako
ablative	anim	Ainhoarengandik
	inan	Ainhoatik
partitive		Ainhoarik
prolative		Ainhoatzat

Derived terms

• ainhoar

Further reading

• “108.- Lapurdiko udal izendegia [Municipal toponymy of Labourd]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2000

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Ainoa

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Ainhoa. Shortened from Virgen de Ainhoa (“Virgin of Ainhoa”), a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary, from the place name Ainhoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aiˈnoa/ [ai̯ˈno.a]
• Rhymes: -oa

Proper noun

Ainhoa f

1. a female given name from Basque