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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English ears.
Noun
iez (plural iez dem, quantified iez)
- ear
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 28:27:Kaaz dem piipl ya blak dem main,
brok tik iina dem iez,
an lak dem yai dem,
so dem kyaahn si wid dem yai dem,
ar ier wid dem iez dem
an andastan wid dem main,
an ton we fram wa rang, an mi wuda iil dem.’- For this people's heart has grown dull,
and with their ears they can barely hear,
and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
and turn, and I would heal them.'
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