namesign

English

Etymology

From name +‎ sign.

Noun

namesign (plural namesigns)

1. A special sign in sign language that uniquely identifies an individual person.

   Synonym: sign name

   • 1998, Ceil Lucas, Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze: Language Use in Deaf Communities, page 72:

     One way that deaf Taiwanese assign namesigns is by producing the established sign for a surname and adding the appropriate gender marker for the intended referent […]

Alternative forms

• name sign

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: nimiviittoma
• German: Gebärdenname m, Namengebärde f
• Polish: migane imię n

Anagrams

• sign name, meanings, Magennis