BentB@BackHand-PalmDown-FlatB@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Contact

American Sign Language

Etymology

Illustrative of the sun (represented by the finger tips of the dominant hand) dropping over the horizon (represented by the nondominant arm). Compare other signs that represent the sun as the dominant hand and the horizon as the nondominant forearm: FlatB@DistalInsideChesthigh-PalmUp-FlatB@BaseForearm-PalmDown (“morning”), FlatB@InsideNeckhigh-FingerUp-FlatB@BaseForearm-PalmDown (“noon”), FlatB@InsideNeckhigh-PalmForwardDown-FlatB@BaseForearm-PalmDown (“afternoon”), 9@CenterTrunkhigh-PalmDown-FlatB@BaseForearm-PalmDown 9@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown-FlatB@BaseForearm-PalmDown (“sunrise”), 9@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown-FlatB@BaseForearm-PalmDown 9@CenterTrunkhigh-PalmDown-FlatB@BaseForearm-PalmDown (“sunset”).

Production

• This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
  1. Posture the nondominant hand in the “flat B” handshape in front of the center of the chest, nondominant palm facing down. Posture the dominant hand in the “bent B” handshape with the dominant hand at the back of the nondominant hand, dominant palm facing down.
  2. Tap the heel of the dominant hand about twice on the back of the nondominant hand.

Noun

Upload png, jpg, or gif image. (ASL gloss: NIGHT)

1. night; evening
2. tonight

Derived terms

• BentB@BackWrist-PalmDown-FlatB@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Contact BentB@BackFinger-PalmDown-FlatB@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown (“nightly, every night”)