Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 20, 2024
Search: MOTHER
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 529 | Higgins (1923) | MOM | MOTHER | MOTHER: Thumb tip of open hand at lower jaw, palm outward and fingers upward. (Mother-in-law: "Mother" "Law"). | 94 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=529&refid=higgins1923 |
| 741 | Higgins (1923) | STEP-MOTHER | STEP-MOTHER | STEP-MOTHER: Same as above (STEP-FATHER) but thumb tip on lower jaw instead of on temple. | 130 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=741&refid=higgins1923 |
| 80 | Long (1918) | MOTHER | MOTHER (2) | There is also a common sign for "father" made by merely placing hand as indicated and then opening the fingers, keeping the thumb at forehead. In the case of mother, the thumb is left at the end of the jaw near the chin and the fingers are opened. | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=80&refid=long1918 |
| 88 | Long (1918) | MOTHER-IN-LAW | MOTHER-IN-LAW | MOTHER-IN-LAW: "Mother" and "law." | 22 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=88&refid=long1918 |
| 400 | Michaels (1923) | FEMALE~gs:HOLD-BABY | MOTHER | MOTHER: 1. Make the sign for female. 2. Move both hands fingers closed to the left and upward. 3. Spread out the fingers as you make the movement upward. | 92 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=400&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 53 | Dougherty (1913) | MOTHER | N/A | TIME~SAME-AS(2h) 3P-POSS(lt) FEMALE~MARRY SLEEP IN NEXT ROOM PROGRESS NEAR MOTHER. | 6 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=53 |
| 116 | Dougherty (1913) | MOTHER | N/A | 3P-IX(rc,rf) PAY-ATTENTION SEEK+ WAY HELP MOTHER SUFFER-PAIN SEE~READ+ VARIOUS TRY THING. | 13 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=116 |
| 256 | Dougherty (1913) | MOTHER | N/A | FROM-THEN-ON DOCTOR 3P-SELF(lt) PUBLISH THAT(1h) C-H-L-O-R-O-F-O-R-M IN VARIOUS SICK(rf) VARIOUS(rf) MOTHER DIFFERENT(rf) DET-IX-PL pose:nod | 27 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=256 |
| 306 | Dougherty (1913) | MOTHER | N/A | FROM-THEN-ON(rf) FUTURE QUEEN V-I-C-T-O-R-I-A 3P-SELF(rt) LITTLE-BIT BECOME(bs:rt) MOTHER(bs:rt) 3P-POSS(rt) FEMALE~DOCTOR GET C-H-L-O-R-O-F-O-R-M cl-i:O(-from-nose)-to-cl-i:B(give-chloroform) BORN SUCCEED WITH TROUBLE(neg) PAIN(neg) gs:NOTHING(neg). | 32 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=306 |
| 157 | Hubbard (1913) | MOTHER | N/A | 3P-SELF gs:SWORN-IN(1h) BECOME PRESIDENT pn:AMERICA, 3P-POSS(lt) DO(lt) FIRST gs:WHAT, 3P-POSS(rt) LOVE OLD MOTHER gs:SIT(lt) pose:embrace-and-kiss-cl:S(head_lt) | 16 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hubbard&glossid=157 |