Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: WHY
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 840 | Higgins (1923) | WHY | WHY | WHY: Right vertical hand tips, palm inward, against forehead, hand moved from forehead and changed quickly to "Y" hand. (Because). | 147 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=840&refid=higgins1923 |
| 1008 | Long (1918) | WHY | WHY | WHY: Place the end of the open right hand on the head, above the right eye; bring it forward and downward, the hand as it drops assuming "Y" position. XXII,393. | 110 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=1008&refid=long1918 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 142 | Dougherty (1913) | WHY | N/A | 3P-IX(rf,rt) APPRECIATE NOT CHOOSE WHY(2h) N-I-T-R-O-U-S O-X-I-D-E OR L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G G-A-S DET-IX(rt) CONTINUE AWHILE(restr) FADE-AWAY STOP WAKE-UP. | 16 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=142 |
| 76 | Fay (1913) | WHY~SUPERIOR | N/A | DET-IX(lt) NAME FAMOUS SPECIAL ONE WHY~SUPERIOR(2h) EMPEROR~OVER-ALL~AGENT NEGATIVE, BUT SO-AS MALE~cl-d:B(height) INTELLIGENT~INTELLIGENT(int), WISE, ENTHUSIASTIC, KIND, LOVE 3P-POSS(lt) PEOPLE~CLASS DO MUCH PROGRESS 3P-POSS(lt) NATION DURING YEAR+ FIFTY-EIGHT 3P-IX(lt) CONTINUE EMPEROR~OVER-ALL~AGENT. | 6 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fay&glossid=76 |