K@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp Nod

American Sign Language

Alternative forms

• (in various locations, depending on the location of the non-first-person referent):
  • K@NearLeft3Chesthigh-PalmUp Nod
  • K@NearLeft2Chesthigh-PalmUp Nod
  • K@NearLeft1Chesthigh-PalmUp Nod
  • K@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp Nod
  • K@NearRight1Chesthigh-PalmUp Nod
  • K@NearRight2Chesthigh-PalmUp Nod
  • K@NearRight3Chesthigh-PalmUp Nod
• (with the "V" handshape) V@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmAcross Sidetoside

Etymology

Apparently a mutation of V@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmAcross Sidetoside, following common ASL pattern wherein the V shape changes to the K shape. From the typical ASL practice of pointing to referents.

Production

• This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
  1. Posture the dominant hand in the “K” handshape within a few inches of the chest, in between the signer's chest and that of the other referent, the index finger pointing to chest of the other referent, palm up.
  2. Rock the hand back and forth so that the middle finger points back to the signer.

Pronoun

Upload png, jpg, or gif image. (ASL gloss: THE-TWO-OF-US)

1. the two of us; we two; us two; he and I; she and I; you and I; him and me; her and me; you and me

Related terms

• K@CenterChesthigh-PalmAcross Nod (“the two of them, the two of you”)
• 1@Sternum-FingerBack (“me”)
• 1@InsideChesthigh-RadialUp (“you, him, her, it”)
• 3@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz (“the three of us”)
• 4@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz (“the four of us”)
• 5@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesHoriz (“the five of us”)

See also

• 1^o-f@IpsiChest-FingerBack RoundHoriz 1^o-f@ContraChest-FingerBack (“us”)