FlatB@Chest-PalmBack
American Sign Language edit
Alternative forms edit
- (with the “open B” handshape) OpenB@Chest-PalmBack
Etymology edit
This sign uses the same handshape as all ASL possessives, e.g. FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp (“your, his, her, its”), and FlatB@IpsiChest-FingerUpPalmAcross RoundHoriz FlatB@ContraChest-FingerUpPalmAside (“our, ours”). Its location indexes the first person (the signer).
Production edit
- This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in the “flat B” handshape on the chest, dominant palm facing back.