Claw5@SideTrunkhigh-PalmUp-Claw5@SideTrunkhigh-PalmUp Sidetoside-Sidetoside

American Sign Language

Production

• This two-handed ASL sign is produced with a questioning face, usually with furrowed brows:
  1. Posture the nondominant hand in the “claw 5” handshape in front of and beside the trunk, nondominant palm facing up. Posture the dominant hand in the “claw 5” handshape in front of and beside the trunk, dominant palm facing up.
  2. Move the hands from side to side repeatedly.
  3. Posture the nondominant hand in the “claw 5” handshape in front of and beside the trunk, nondominant palm facing up. Posture the dominant hand in the “claw 5” handshape in front of and beside the trunk, dominant palm facing up.

Pronoun

(ASL gloss: WHAT)

1. what

Usage notes

This sign can serve as a general purpose interrogative, so it may be translated into English as why, when, who, how, or which.