OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmDown

American Sign Language

Etymology

Negative incorporation into OpenB@Chin-PalmBack-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp OpenB@Palm-PalmUp-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp (“good”).

Production

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

  1. 

     Posture the dominant hand in the “open B” handshape at the chin, dominant palm facing back.
  2. Rotate the hand forward while moving it forward and aside.

  3. 

     Posture the dominant hand in the “open B” handshape several inches from the chin, dominant palm facing down.

Adjective

(ASL gloss: BAD)

1. bad

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “bad”): OpenB@Chin-PalmBack-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp OpenB@Palm-PalmUp-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp (“good”)