FlatO@Palm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp OpenB@Palm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp

American Sign Language

Production

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

  1. 

     Posture the nondominant hand in the “open B” handshape in front of the center of the chest, nondominant palm facing up. Posture the dominant hand in the “Flat O” handshape with the dominant hand at the palm of the nondominant hand, dominant palm facing down.
  2. Open the dominant hand up and bring it down onto the nondominant hand so the palms touch.

  3. 

     Posture the nondominant hand in the “open B” handshape in front of the center of the chest, nondominant palm facing up. Posture the dominant hand in the “open B” handshape with the dominant hand at the palm of the nondominant hand, dominant palm facing down.

GUH Hand	LUH Hand	LUH Move	GUH Move	GUH Hand	LUH Hand
GUH Palm	LUH Palm	Second	Second	GUH Palm	LUH Palm
GUH Position	LUH Separation	Third	Third
O	open-B			open-B	open-B
Down	Up			Down	Up
	Touching on
	Underside

Verb

(ASL gloss: WRITE-DOWN)

1. to write down