yesi

See also: yesí and ye si

Shabo

Verb

yesi

1. see

Sranan Tongo

yesi

Etymology

From English ears.

Noun

yesi

1. (anatomy) ear
   • 2007, “Yehovah kibri wi libi na a ten fu den ogri-ati tirimakti”, in Jehovah's Witnesses‎^[1]:

     A bom sutu so tranga taki a broko mi yesimama. Furu yari langa mi no ben man yere bun, ma te fu kaba mi yesi kon betre baka.

     The bomb exploded so loudly that it broke my eardrums. For many years I couldn't hear well, but in the end my ears healed again.

Derived terms

• yesibuba (“earlobe”)
• yesidoti (“earwax”)
• yesikaka (“earwax”)
• yesilinga (“earring”)
• yesimama (“eardrum”)