FlatO@Mouth-PalmBack-FlatO@NearMouth-PalmBack Frontandback-Frontandback FlatO@NearMouth-PalmBack-FlatO@Mouth-PalmBack

American Sign Language

Etymology

Two-handed, iterative form of FlatO@Mouth-PalmBack (“food, eat”).

Production

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

  1. 

     Posture the nondominant hand in the “Flat O” handshape within a few inches from the mouth, nondominant palm facing back. Posture the dominant hand in the “Flat O” handshape at the mouth, dominant palm facing back.
  2. Move both hands alternatingly forward and back to the mouth.

  3. 

     Posture the nondominant hand in the “Flat O” handshape at the mouth, nondominant palm facing back. Posture the dominant hand in the “Flat O” handshape within a few inches from the mouth, dominant palm facing back.

Verb

(ASL gloss: EAT ^durative)

1. (durative) to eat (for a period of time)

Noun

(ASL gloss: FOOD ^repetitive)

1. buffet

Adjective

(ASL gloss: EAT ^{characteristic})

1. (characteristic) gluttonous