Zuñiga

== Basque == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɡa, -a Hyphenation: Zu‧ñi‧ga === Proper noun === Zuñiga inan or anim (inanimate) a municipality of Navarre, Spain (animate) a surname, equivalent to English Zuniga ==== Declension ==== ==== 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): /θuˈɲiɡa/ [θuˈɲi.ɣ̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /suˈɲiɡa/ [suˈɲi.ɣ̞a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -iɡa Syllabification: Zu‧ñi‧ga === Proper noun === Zuñiga f 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/ [zʊnˈɲiː.ɣɐ], /ˈzunjiɡa/ [ˌzuː.ɲɪˈɣa] IPA(key): (with nativization) /sunˈjiɡa/ [sʊnˈɲiː.ɣɐ], (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) /sunˈjiɡa/ [sʊn̪ˈjiː.ɣɐ], (with nativization) /ˈsunjiɡa/ [ˌsuː.ɲɪˈɣa], (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) /ˈsunjiɡa/ [ˌsun̪.jɪˈɣa] Rhymes: -iɡa, -unjiɡa Syllabification: Zu‧ñi‧ga === Proper noun === Zuñiga or Zúñigá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜄ) 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 1,412th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 7,548 individuals.