5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact

American Sign Language

Alternative forms
  • 5@NearSternum-FingerUp 5@Sternum-FingerUp

Etymology
  • Traditional etymology holds that this sign imitates a gentleman's ruffled shirt.

Production
  • This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
    1. Posture the dominant hand in the “5” handshape on the sternum, extended finger(s) of the dominant hand pointing up.
    2. Contact
      Touch the thumb one or more times to the sternum.
Hold-move chart for 5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact
dominant

hand
(strong)

type
contour
plane
quality
local movement

hold

 
 
 
 

move

straight (str)
midline plane (MP)
 
front and back (frbk)

hold

 
 
 
 

Hand configuration

Part of hand

Proximity
Spatial relation

Contact location

Part of hand facing
Facing location
Part of hand oriented
Plane of orientation

‘5’ (4u)

thumbtip (TITH)
at (c)

sternum (ST)

base of hand (BA)
ground (HP)
hand
midline plane (MP)

‘5’ (4u)

thumbtip (TITH)
very near (p)

sternum (ST)

base of hand (BA)
ground (HP)
hand
midline plane (MP)

  • The number of iterations, speed, angle of the hand, and distance moved from the sternum are variable and may be used for emphasis or to add certain frames, styles, or semantic overtones.
  • Stokoe: []5<X‧

Adjective

(ASL gloss: FINE)

  1. courteous; elegant; fancy; polite; refined; suave; urbane
  2. fine; satisfactory; wonderful
    BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack C@Ulnar-PalmUp-C@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp 1@CenterChesthigh-TipFingerForward?
    HOW YOU? (“How are you?”)
    1@Sternum-FingerBack 5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact
    ME FINE (“I’m fine.”)

Derived terms
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