Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: INVENT
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 292 | Higgins (1923) | INVENT~ADD~ADD | EXAGGERATE | EXAGGERATE: Right index tip to forehead for "Think" and then "Add" made repeatedly, first the right hand on top and then the left hand. | 54 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=292&refid=higgins1923 |
| 197 | Long (1918) | INVENT | INVENT | INVENT: With the "G" forefinger pointing upward, place the end against the middle of the forehead just above the nose so the finger almost rests the length of the nose; push the finger upward till the length of it has crossed the forehead. | 33 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=197&refid=long1918 |
| 306 | Long (1918) | INVENT~ADD~ADD | EXAGGERATE | EXAGGERATE: Push the forefinger of the right "G" hand upward across the forehead, straight up from the nose, the length of the finger; then bring down the "&" hand and let the end strike against the end of the left "&" hand pointing up; give both hands a turn, reversing their position, and drawing them apart now strike the right (which is now pointing up) with the left (which now points down). | 44 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=306&refid=long1918 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 7 | Dougherty (1913) | INVENT | N/A | ALL WORLD LOVE GOOD(rf)~PRAISE MALE WHO INVENT SLEEP. | 3 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=7 |
| 16 | Dougherty (1913) | INVENT | N/A | ALSO 3P-IX-PL ALL HONOR LOVE DOCTOR WHO INVENT cl-i:OintoB(anesthesia) CAUSE CAN(rf) SLEEP OUT PAIN STOP HAPPEN(rf) cl-i:S(pull-tooth) OR cl:B(amputate-leg) SURGERY(at-lt-chest) SURGERY(at-rt-chest). | 4 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=16 |
| 73 | Veditz (1913) | INVENT~AGENT | N/A | BUT 3P-SELF-PL(rt-to-ctr) LOVE MORE KNOW~SUPERIOR 3P-SELF(lt) TRUE FATHER AND(rf) INVENT~AGENT O-F(rf) 1P-POSS-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) BEAUTIFUL SIGN. | 9 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=73 |