Meaning
Ear or ears — the Patois pronunciation of 'ears'. It anchors the common expression 'aiz-haad' (ears-hard: stubborn, disobedient, one who won't listen), and 'wash out yuh aiz' means clean out your ears, that is, pay attention and hear properly. Blunt and everyday, the word does the plain work of naming the ears, but it lives most vividly in these phrases about listening and heeding, where hard ears mean a hard head and a refusal to take good advice or obey.
Examples
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Mi aiz a hurt mi.
My ear is hurting me.
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Di pickney too aiz-haad, him nuh listen.
The child is too hard-eared (stubborn), he doesn't listen.
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Open yuh aiz an hear wah mi a seh.
Open your ears and hear what I'm saying.
Origin
The Patois pronunciation of 'ears', with the initial 'h'/'e' reshaped to 'aiz'.
How it’s used
Means ear(s); central to 'aiz-haad' (stubborn). See [[aiz-haad-pickney-bun-a-sun-hot]].