FlatB@IpsiChest-FingerUpPalmAcross RoundHoriz FlatB@ContraChest-FingerUpPalmAside
American Sign Language
editAlternative forms
edit- This sign may be made with the regular “B” handshape (i.e. with the thumb tucked to the palm) or with the “open B” handshape (i.e. with the thumb extended).
Etymology
editThis sign uses the same handshape as all ASL possessives, e.g. FlatB@Chest-PalmBack (“my, mine”), and FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp RoundHoriz (“their, theirs”). Its location and movement matches that of 1^o-f@IpsiChest-FingerBack RoundHoriz 1^o-f@ContraChest-FingerBack (“we, us”).
Production
edit- This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
- Move the hand in an arc while rotating it so that it faces the opposite direction.
- If it is necessary to indicate which people other than the signer are the possessors, the signer may lean to the side near those people.