American Sign Language: "establish" or "set up"


The sign for ESTABLISH can be used to mean, "set up" as in, "We set up a new ASL club." 

Form both hands into "A"-handshapes.  The thumb on the dominant hand juts out a bit. 
Think of planting a flag in the soil of the new continent you just found and establishing it as your personal domain. The dominant hand represents the flag and the back of the non-dominant hand represents the soil.  Do a half-circle with the dominant hand and bring it down onto the non-dominant hand.


ESTABLISH:


 


Establish animation


Notes:

This sign is sometimes used as a "classifier" to represent the placement (location and existence) of objects or buildings.
 


 
Notes:

 

Also glossed as: ESTABLISH-[set-up] | ESTABLISH-[set_up]

Where this sign is taught:

Taught in Lesson 34.

Practice sentences using this sign:

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY, ESTABLISH WHEN?

Related signs:

CHARACTER | GOAL | LOCATIONS | OCEAN/sea | PAY-ATTENTION | RACE | RIVER | ROCK