FlatO@Mouth-PalmBack-FlatO@NearMouth-PalmBack Frontandback-Frontandback FlatO@NearMouth-PalmBack-FlatO@Mouth-PalmBack
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American Sign Language[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Two-handed, iterative form of FlatO@Mouth-PalmBack (“food, eat”).
Production[edit]
- This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
- 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.
- Move both hands alternatingly forward and back to the mouth.
- 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[edit]
- (durative) to eat (for a period of time)
Noun[edit]
Adjective[edit]
(ASL gloss: EAT characteristic)
- (characteristic) gluttonous