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OpenB@Forehead-PalmBack OpenA@FromSfhead-ThumbAside
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American Sign Language
Etymology
Suggests wiping something from memory and deleting it. Compare ase OpenA@Forehead-ThumbBack OpenA@BackThumb-ThumbAcross-OpenA@CenterChesthigh-ThumbAcross to remember and ase A@InsideChesthigh OpenA@SideSternumhigh-ThumbAside to delete.
Production
right-hand open-B palm-inclose to body in center of foreheadright-hand moves right while turning toright-hand open-A palm-in
one
OpenB Forehead PalmBack
Move the hand to the following posture while changing the handshape.
OpenA FromSfhead ThumbAside
Verb
verb B FORGET
to forget