ASL Dictionary Letter Y

ASL Dictionary Letter Y

To find the definition for a word

Select a word below to see its definition.
A word link next to its definition goes to the animated sign for that word. If it is not a link, then no animated sign is available for that word.
The up arrows in the left column return you to the word selector.
Please wait for the page to fully load before attempting to go directly to a word from the word selector. Reload the page if the links do not work properly.

Choose your own page background colors!

Javascript must be enabled for this color selector to work.

Word Selector

	Yard (measurement)	The downturned right 'Y' hand is placed on the shoulder of the downturned left arm. The right hand moves down the arm to the left fingertips.
	Year	The right 'S' hand, palm facing left, represents the earth. It is positioned atop the left 'S' hand, whose palm faces right, and represents the sun. The right 'S' hand describes a clockwise circle around the left, coming to rest in its original position.
	Year-round	The right index finger, resting on the left index, goes forward around the left once, coming back to where it began.
	Years	The sign for "year" is made twice.
	Yellow	The right 'Y' hand is shaken slightly at the wrist.
	Yes	Nod the right 'S' hand up and down with palm facing forward.
	Yesterday, A short time ago	The thumb tip of the right 'A' or 'Y' hand, palm facing left, rests on the right cheek. It then moves back a short distance.
	You (singular pronoun)	The signer points to the person he is addressing.
	You (plural pronoun)	The signer points to several persons before him, or swings his index finger in an arc from left to right.
	Young (youth, youthful)	The fingertips of both open hands, placed on either side of the chest just below the shoulders, move up and off the chest, in unison, to a point just above the shoulders. This repeated several times.
	Your	The right '5' hand, palm facing out, moves straight out toward the person you are talking to.
	You're welcome	The right hand, fingers together and palm facing left, is placed in the upturned left palm, whose fingers point away from the body. The right hand slides straight out along the left palm, over the left fingers, and stops with its heel resting on the left fingertips.
	Yourself	The signer moves his upright thumb in the direction of the person spoken to.
	Yourselves	The signer moves his upright thumb toward several people before him, in a series of small forward movements from left to right.

Up to the word index table.

ASL Numbers 1-10 | ASL Alphabet

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
| N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

The American Sign Language Dictionary Introduction Page

Search The American Sign Language Dictionary

The search terms you input do not have to be complete words. For example, "free," will match occurrences of free, freedom, freeforall, etc.
Do not include asterisks or other non-alphanumeric characters in your search terms unless you actually want them included (as with "C++") as part of your search.

Look at other items of interest in our "home on the web". We are in the process of designing and building the rest of our 'home'.
`Drafted Index`	`Outlined Index`	`The Kitchen`
`The Library`	`The Sewing Room`	`Places to go!`


Another creation of The Master's Tech. Copyright © 1996-2024 Privacy Policy		Made with a Mac
Many of these definitions are from the "American Sign Language Concise Dictionary" Copyright © 1994 by Martin L.A. Sternberg Hand signs from the ASL Fingerspell (amslan) font. Special thanks to the creators of the Michigan State University ASL Browser Web Site for providing the animated signs.