View sign 'question'

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Description

Hold right hand, palm outwards, well out in front of body, about height of shoulder, fingers and thumb extended, separated, and pointing upwards. If the person is close, turn the hand slightly, by wrist action, two or three times, moving it also a trifle to right and left. If the person is distant, hold the hand higher, and move it well to right and left.


Synonyms: ask, attract attention, examine, inquire, interrogate, what, when, where, why

Notes

If a person is riding or walking past, and one makes to him this sign, it asks him, "Where are you going?", "What are you going for?", etc. When two persons meet, one may ask with this sign, "What news have you?", "What do you want?", etc. It accosts, interrogates, questions, and investigates.

This is Tomkin's position 5 hand.