yusaya

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

yusa (“shield”) +‎ -ya

Noun

yusaya

1. (reverential) back (of the body)

   Synonym: sata

References

• Reyes, Antonio de los (1593) Arte en lengua mixteca (in Spanish), Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889, page 77