Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 30, 2025
Search: AMONG
| BOOKS: | ||||||
| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 23 | Higgins (1923) | AMONG | AMONG | AMONG: Right index pointing leftward, passed in and out among the spread fingers of the left hand, which is palm inward and fingers pointing rightward. | 8 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=23&refid=higgins1923 |
| 968 | Long (1918) | AMONG | AMONG | AMONG: Hold the left bent "5" hand in front with the fingers pointing upward; with the forefinger of the right "G" hand pointing down move it in and out among the fingers of the left. | 106 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=968&refid=long1918 |
| 28 | Michaels (1923) | AMONG | AMONG | AMONG: 1. Hold the left hand before you with the fingers parted and turned upward. 2. Pass the right index finger among the left hand fingers in an entwining manner. | 24 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=28&refid=michaels1923 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 91 | Dougherty (1913) | AMONG | N/A | MOM~DAD BOTH DECIDE SPEND(rf)~COLLECT MONEY GIVE(-to-rt) SON GROWUP LEARN BECOME DOCTOR HELP FIND WAY T-O CHANGE(rf) REMOVE SUFFER-PAIN AMONG(rf) PEOPLE. | 10 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=91 |
| 61 | Erd (1913) | AMONG | N/A | old nokomis: pose:hands-clasped pose:pacing pose:stop 1P-POSS BABY(swaying) TELL(-to-lt) OLD(1h,bow) FATHER THERE(rt,pitch) 2P-IX(lt) HEAR(pitch) THAT(1h) ALL-NIGHT WIND-BLOW(up)(swaying) AMONG TALL(lt) TREE(sweep-arc_lt-to-rt), pose:hands-clasped. | 6 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&glossid=61 |
| 130 | Erd (1913) | AMONG | N/A | pose:pacing TROUBLE THINK(circ,1x) H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A FAR++(pitch,-to-rt) GO-AWAY(-to-rt) AMONG(rt) TREE(arc,rt) | 13 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&glossid=130 |
| 60 | Fay (1913) | AMONG | N/A | AMONG THAT(1h) VISIT~AGENT, ONE FAMOUS~MOST, D-O-M P-E-D-R-O EMPEROR OVER-ALL LAND B-R-A-Z-I-L. | 5 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fay&glossid=60 |
| 64 | Hotchkiss (1913) | AMONG | N/A | AMONG CLASS(po_up) 2P-IX-PL(arc) ALL KNOW L-A-U-R-E-N-T C-L-E-R-C | 6 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=64 |
| 578 | Hotchkiss (1913) | AMONG | N/A | AMONG CLASS TWO MOST THAN OTHER FIRST(2h) D-R T-U-R-N-E-R OVER-ALL SCHOOL, SECOND(2h) M-R B-A-R-T-L-E-T-T pn:BARTLETT | 56 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=578 |
| 304 | Hubbard (1913) | AMONG | N/A | AMONG MALE(rf)~FEMALE(rf)~PEOPLE NATION(int) FEEL~GRIEVED SORRY, ANY SORRY~MOST+ THAN PEOPLE DEAF gs:NOTHING (neg). | 34 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hubbard&glossid=304 |