yūsa

  1. juice Vin.i.206 (akaṭa˚ natural juice); Mhvs.28, Mhvs.26; Vv-a.185 (badara˚ of the jujube); Vism.195 (seda sweaty fluid).
  2. soup, broth. Four kinds of broths are enumerated at MN.i.245, viz. mugga˚; bean soup, kulattha˚ of vetch (see [at Vism.256](/define/at Vism.256)), kaḷāya˚; (chick-) pea soup hareṇuka˚; pea soup; Mil.63 (rañño sūdo yūsaṃ vā rasaṃ vā kareyya).

Vedic yūṣan, later Sk. yūṣa; fr. base Idg. *i̯ūs, cp. Lat. jūs soup, Gr. ζύμη yeast, ferment, ζωμός soup Obulg. jucha = Ger. jauche manure; Swedish ōst cheese an enlargement of base *i̯eu to mix, as in Sk. yu to mix: see yuta, to which further *i̯eṷe, as in yuñjati.