Wiktionary:Requested entries (American Sign Language)

Have an entry request? Add it to the list – but please:

• Consider creating a citations page with your evidence that the word exists instead of simply listing it here
• Think twice before adding long lists of words as they may be ignored.
• If possible provide context, usage, field of relevance, etc.
• Check the Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion if you are unsure if it belongs in the dictionary.
• If the entry already exists, but seems incomplete or incorrect, do not add it here; add a request template to the entry itself to ask someone to fix the problem, e.g. {{rfp}} or {{rfe}} for pronunciation or etymology respectively.

  — Note also that such requests, like the information requested, belong on the base form of a word, not on inflected forms.

Please remove entries from this list once they have been written (i.e. the link is “live”, shown in blue, and has a section for the correct language)

There are a few things you can do to help:

• Add glosses or brief definitions.
• Add the part of speech, preferably using a standardized template.
• If you know what a word means, consider creating the entry yourself instead of using this request page.

• Don’t delete words just because you don’t know them – it may be that they are used only in certain contexts or are archaic or obsolete.
• Don’t simply replace words with what you believe is the correct form. The form here may be rare or regional. Instead add the standard form and comment that the requested form seems to be an error in your experience.

Requested-entry pages for other languages: Category:Requested entries.
Note: the definition of 'durably archived' is adapted to allow for the predominantly unwritten status of sign languages (see wiktionary:About sign languages#Criteria for inclusion).

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To request an entry for an ASL sign, add a gloss for the sign in the section below for the shape of the dominant hand at the beginning of the sign. If you know the Wiktionary name for the entry (see appendix:Sign language entry names for details), give the entry name along with the gloss, e.g.:

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|WORD
|any relevant notes
|[[G@Finger-FingerAcross-1@Center-FingerUp]]
|G

If you know how to produce the sign but don't know the right Wiktionary name for the entry, just describe how to produce the sign to the best of your knowledge: "dominant G touches nondominant hand (not sure which shape the nondominant hand makes or which directions the hands face)".

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More information

Postures shape (see also appendix:Sign language handshapes, not all apply to ASL) 𝠀 1 𝠎 3 𝠞 Bent3 𝠟 𝠭 4 𝡄 5 𝡌 Claw5 𝡐 6/W 7 8 Open8 𝣄 9/F Flat9 A OpenA B BentB FlatB OpenB C FlatC SmallC D E G H/U I K L M OpenM N O FlatO SmallO R S T V/2 BentV X OpenX Y ILY Corna @ location near the from the distal from the In Back Radial Ulnar Tip Base zone of opposite hand's Forearm Wrist Hand Finger Thumb Palm or body's Backhead Top Forehead Sfhead Nose Cheek Ear Mouth Lip Jaw Chin Neck Shoulder Sternum Chest Trunk Abdomen Upperarm Forearm Leg or in space Near Distal Extend Center Inside Side Left1 Left2 Left3 Right1 Right2 Right3 at Tophigh Foreheadhigh Nosehigh Mouthhigh Chinhigh Neckhigh Sternumhigh Chesthigh Trunkhigh Abdomenhigh orientation Finger Thumb Palm facing Forward Back Up Down Across Aside Moves: Round Seven Circles along Horiz along Vert along Midline along Surface along Oblique Slow Fast Accel Tense Small Large Contact Wiggle Hook Flatten Twist Nod Release Rub Squeeze Sidetoside Frontandback Upanddown