iyaw

Possibly from Proto-Chadic *ban.^[1]

iyaw

1. rain

   Iyaw adzəkà masuway, ahənà à mukwà à afik, afaɗ aɗə̀ɗ la ndzəɗa, ŋgaha gày atə̀ɗ à ahəŋ gərim, matəɗ à ahəŋ aŋha kà panàhhà." (Mata 7:27)^[2]

   Rain came down and the river came and the wind blew and beat against that house, and it collapsed, and its fall was great.” (Matthew 7:27)

2. water

   Ama tekula aŋa azlaslodzi azlə̀l ala makəlla la atsəkaɗ, batsàrà aŋiz la iyaw asà à uda.

   But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out immediately.