Ainhoa

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯noa/ [ai̯.no.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• 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
	inanim.	Ainhoan
locative	anim.	—
	inanim.	Ainhoako
allative	anim.	Ainhoarengana
	inanim.	Ainhoara
terminative	anim.	Ainhoarenganaino
	inanim.	Ainhoaraino
directive	anim.	Ainhoarenganantz
	inanim.	Ainhoarantz
destinative	anim.	Ainhoarenganako
	inanim.	Ainhoarako
ablative	anim.	Ainhoarengandik
	inanim.	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