i-ese

Updated: April 30, 2025

One of them, a youngster of perhaps ten or eleven, who gloried in the euphonious name of Gogo, was particularly assidious in his attentions, and would come close up to us and say, "I-ese i-ese dam'me i-ese!" going into paroxysms of mirth the while, and wrinkling up his handsome little face at the mere remembrance of the water so cold it was hard.

Florence Kimball Russel - A Woman's Journey through the Philippines: On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route