pageable.messages.itemsPerPage String (default: "items per page"),

The label displayed after the page size DropDownList.

Example - set the label after the page size DropDownList

<div id="listView"></div>

<script type="text/x-kendo-tmpl" id="template">
  <div class="product-view k-widget">
      <dl>
          <dt>Product Name</dt>
          <dd>#:ProductName#</dd>
      </dl>
  </div>
</script>

<script>
  $(document).ready(function () {
    var crudServiceBaseUrl = "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service",
        dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
          transport: {
            read:  {
              url: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/Products",
              dataType: "jsonp"
            }
          },
          pageSize: 2
        });

    $("#listView").kendoListView({
      dataSource: dataSource,
      template: kendo.template($("#template").html()),
      navigatable: true,
      pageable: {
        pageSizes: true,
        messages: {
          itemsPerPage: "data items per page"
        }
      }
    });
  });
</script>