A@IpsiChest-RadialBack A@ContraChest-RadialBack

American Sign Language Alternative forms rotated with the knuckles facing toward the signer A@IpsiChest-TipBack A@ContraChest-TipBack with the handshape “open A” OpenA@IpsiChest-RadialBack OpenA@ContraChest-RadialBack Etymology The same handshape as various signs indicating oneself, e.g. ase A@RadialFinger-1@Center-FingerUp oneself, and the same location and movement as other first-person plural pronouns, e.g. ase FlatB@IpsiChest-FingerUpPalmAcross RoundHoriz FlatB@ContraChest-FingerUpPalmAside our. Production right-hand open-A palm-leftclose to body right side of chestright-hand moves leftright-hand open-A palm-up ase one a shape similar to the “A” handshape (i.e. with the fingers together and curled into a fist, the thumb unopposed and closed) but with the tip of the thumb extended about an inch past the edge of the index finger IpsiChest RadialBack the same shape ContraChest RadialBack Hold the hand still briefly. Noun noun OURSELVES SELF-ONLY-PL-1 ourselves; only we; we and no one else Usage notes This sign indicates that the group including the signer alone satisfies the sentence predicate. This pronoun and the related SELF-ONLY signs are only used as subjects. Related terms ase A@Chest-RadialBack Contact SELF-ONLY-1, I myself ase A@Chesthigh SmallFrontandback SELF-ONLY, you yourself, he himself, she herself ase A@Chesthigh RoundHoriz SELF-ONLY-PL, you yourselves, they themselves ase A@RadialFinger-1@Center-FingerUp self, oneself