To sign nausea in ASL, open your dominant hand and bend the fingers into a claw. Hold it in front of your stomach with the palm facing your body and move it in small circles. Show the feeling on your face: a queasy, uncomfortable look makes the meaning clear.
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How to sign it
Handshape: a claw hand, fingers spread and bent.
Location: in front of the stomach.
Movement: small circles in front of the stomach.
Palm orientation: the palm faces the body.
Facial expression: a queasy, uncomfortable look.
Use it in a sentence
GIRL FEELING NAUSEA.
The girl feels sick to her stomach.
This video shows one way to sign nausea. Lifeprint has a video for nausea but no written description.
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Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University), lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/n/nausea.htm (video, no written description).
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