5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact
American Sign Language edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
- Traditional etymology holds that this sign imitates a gentleman's ruffled shirt.
Production edit
- This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in the “5” handshape on the sternum, extended finger(s) of the dominant hand pointing up.
- Touch the thumb one or more times to the sternum.
Hold-move chart for 5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact
dominant hand |
type contour |
hold |
move straight (str) |
hold | |
Hand configuration Part of hand
Proximity Spatial relation Contact location Part of hand facing |
‘5’ (4u) thumbtip (TITH) base of hand (BA) |
‘5’ (4u) thumbtip (TITH) base of hand (BA) |
- The number of iterations, speed, angle of the hand, and distance moved from the sternum are variable and may be used for emphasis or to add certain frames, styles, or semantic overtones.
- Stokoe: []5<X‧
Adjective edit
- courteous; elegant; fancy; polite; refined; suave; urbane
- fine; satisfactory; wonderful
- BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack C@Ulnar-PalmUp-C@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp 1@CenterChesthigh-TipFingerForward?
- HOW YOU? (“How are you?”)
- 1@Sternum-FingerBack 5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact
- ME FINE (“I’m fine.”)
- BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack C@Ulnar-PalmUp-C@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp 1@CenterChesthigh-TipFingerForward?
Derived terms edit
- 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle (“cool, swell”)