Uhaitz
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Uhaitz or Ugaitz is a Basque word meaning 'torrential river' (French gave). It is a derivate of uharre 'torrent', itself based on the root ur 'water'.
[edit] River names
- Uhaitza or Uhaitz Handia 'big torrent', vernacular name of the Saison.
- Uhaitxa[1], river of Sainte-Engrâce, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.
- Uhaitza (Uraitza, Uhaitxe), river in Pagolle
- Uhaitz or Uhatz, brook in Ascain, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.
- Uhaitz-zubi, a tributary of the Estang that rises in Jatxou.
and probably,
- the Gaison, former name of the Saison.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ with expressive palatalization /uhajtʃa/.