| Sign |
Description
of Action |
| bank |
Make a left "c"
hand. Then
gently push the right open hand (palm down, fingers closed) through the
space created by the "c" as if depositing money in a bank vault. |
| can |
Hold
"a" hands
in front
of the chest area, thumbs pointing upward. Move both hands down firmly
together, stopping at the waist. |
| church |
Make a left "s"
hand and
hold it with the
palm facing downward. Place a right "c" hand on the back of the left
hand.
Note: The sign symbolizes that the church is set on the rock. |
| drive |
Hold
an
imaginary steering
wheel with "D" fingers extended and following the curve of the wheel.
Make
small turns of the wheel left and right. |
| house |
Hold
open hands
(fingers
together) in front of body with palms facing. Touch the fingertips to
create
a rooftop. Note: Some signers continue the image by moving the hands
downward
to trace the walls. |
| I
(SE) |
Touch
the "i"
hand to the
center of the chest. |
| lake |
Touch
the thumbs
of "L"
hands held palm down in front of chest. With "L" hands, draw a circle,
moving the hands outward and then forward, touching thumbs again when
the
circle meets further in front of the body. |
| mountain |
Touch
the thumb
of the closed
right "s" hand to the back of the closed left "s" hand (this is the
sign
for "rock"). Then move both open hands, palms facing outward, upward in
front of the body, as if outlining the side of an imaginary mountain. |
| store |
Touch
fingertips
and thumbs
of both hands held slightly in front of the body. Then move hands
forward
twice as if dispensing money across a sales counter. |
| the |
Make
the "t"
sign with the
right hand, letting the hand face palm forward. Then rotate hand inward
in a semi-circle so that the palm faces inward. |
| to |
Move
the right
index finger
to touch the left index finger. |
| town |
Make
'house'
sign; touch
fingers 3 times, like 3 houses. |
