FlatB@Chest-PalmBack
American Sign Language
Alternative forms
- (with the “open B” handshape) OpenB@Chest-PalmBack
Etymology
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
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- 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.
Adjective
- my
Noun
- mine
Related terms
- FlatB@IpsiChest-FingerUpPalmAcross RoundHoriz FlatB@ContraChest-FingerUpPalmAside (“our”)