Zuñiga

See also: Zuniga and Zúñiga

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻uɲiɡa/ [s̻u.ɲi.ɣ̞a]

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

• Rhymes: -iɡa, -a
• 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
	inan	Zuñigan
locative	anim	—
	inan	Zuñigako
allative	anim	Zuñigarengana
	inan	Zuñigara
terminative	anim	Zuñigarenganaino
	inan	Zuñigaraino
directive	anim	Zuñigarenganantz
	inan	Zuñigarantz
destinative	anim	Zuñigarenganako
	inan	Zuñigarako
ablative	anim	Zuñigarengandik
	inan	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, Philippines) /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

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /zunˈjiɡa/ [zʊˈɲiː.ɣɐ], /ˈzunjiɡa/ [ˌzuː.ɲɪˈɣa]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /sunˈjiɡa/ [sʊˈɲiː.ɣɐ], (more native-sounding, no yod coalescence) /sunˈjiɡa/ [sʊn̪ˈjiː.ɣɐ], (more native-sounding) /ˈsunjiɡa/ [ˌsuː.ɲɪˈɣa], (more native-sounding, no yod coalescence) /ˈsunjiɡa/ [ˌsun̪.jɪˈɣa]
• 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.