C@NearMouth-TipForward C@NearMouth-TipUp

American Sign Language

Etymology

Illustrative of drinking from a cup.

Production

• This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:

  1. 

     Posture the dominant hand in the “C” shape within a few inches from the mouth, tip (opposite end from the wrist) of the dominant hand forward.
  2. Tip the hand up as if tipping a cup to drink from it.

  3. 

     Posture the dominant hand in the “C” shape within a few inches from the mouth, tip (opposite end from the wrist) of the dominant hand facing up.

Verb

(ASL gloss: DRINK)

1. to drink