1@InsideTrunkhigh-FingerDown-1@InsideTrunkhigh-FingerDown SmallSidetoside

American Sign Language

Etymology

Illustrates two legs of a standing person, one leg shaking due to nervousness.

Production

• This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:

  1. 

     Posture the nondominant hand in the “1” handshape about half arm’s length in front of the nondominant side of the trunk, extended finger(s) of the nondominant hand pointing down. Posture the dominant hand in the “1” handshape about half arm’s length in front of the dominant side of the trunk, extended finger(s) of the dominant hand pointing down.
  2. Shake the dominant finger in a small side-to-side motion.

     

     Sidetoside

GUH Hand	LUH Hand	LUH Move	GUH Move	GUH Hand	LUH Hand
GUH Palm	LUH Palm	Second	Second	GUH Palm	LUH Palm
GUH Position	LUH Separation	Third	Third
bent-1	bent-1		Rotate-Rotate	bent-1	bent-1
Down	Down			Side	Down

Adjective

(ASL gloss: NERVOUS)

1. nervous