Asis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asis"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Asís; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.

Proper noun

Asis (plural Asises)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Asis is the 41426^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Asis is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (64.0%) and Hispanic/Latino (18.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Asis”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.sis/, [ˈäːs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sis/, [ˈäːs̬is]

Proper noun

Āsis f sg (genitive Āsidis); third declension

1. Asia

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Āsis
genitive	Āsidis
dative	Āsidī
accusative	Āsidem Āsida
ablative	Āside
vocative	Āsis

References

• “Asis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Asis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.