Azpeitia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Azpeitia, from the name of a Basque town.

Proper noun

Azpeitia (plural Azpeitias)

1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
2. A town and municipality of Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain

Further reading

• Azpeitia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Azpeitia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 75.

Basque

Etymology

From haitz (“rock, summit”) +‎ beheiti (“lower”). Compare with Azkoitia (literally “upper rock, summit”), the name of a neighboring town.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as̻pei̯tia/ [as̻.pei̯.t̪i.a]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /as̻pei̯tia/ [as̻.pei̯.t̪i.a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /as̺pei̯tia/ [as̺.pei̯.t̪i.a]

• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Az‧pei‧ti‧a

Proper noun

Azpeitia inan

1. Azpeitia (a town and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain)

Declension

Declension of Azpeitia (inanimate with article, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular
absolutive	Azpeiti	Azpeitia
ergative	—	Azpeitiak
dative	—	Azpeitiari
genitive	—	Azpeitiaren
comitative	—	Azpeitiarekin
causative	—	Azpeitiarengatik
benefactive	—	Azpeitiarentzat
instrumental	—	Azpeitiaz
inessive	—	Azpeitian
locative	—	Azpeitiko
allative	—	Azpeitira
terminative	—	Azpeitiraino
directive	—	Azpeitirantz
destinative	—	Azpeitirako
ablative	—	Azpeititik
partitive	Azpeitirik	—
prolative	Azpeititzat	—

Derived terms

• azpeitiar

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: Azpeitia

References

• Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2019) “Azpeitia”, in Gipuzkoako herrien izenak‎^[1] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 100

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθˈpeitja/ [aθˈpei̯.t̪ja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asˈpeitja/ [asˈpei̯.t̪ja]
• Rhymes: -eitja
• Syllabification: Az‧pei‧tia

Proper noun

Azpeitia m or f by sense

1. Azpeitia (a town and municipality of Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain)
2. a surname from Basque