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MM meaning

happening normally or regularly

MM use

any verbs

FFF meaning

heavy feeling, intensity

FFF use

POOR-THING, AWFUL, VERY-PRETTY, or some adjectives

Pursed Lips, OO meaning

something very small, thin, narrow, smooth

Pursed Lips, OO use

QUICKLY, EASILY, SMOOTH, THIN

PURSED LIPS meaning

affirmative, effort, more intense than MM

PURSED LIPS use

any verbs, CAREFULLY, SORRY, HEARING (person), PERSEVERE, SECRET, SUSPECT, SUPRESS

AHH meaning

excess, very intensive

AHH use

TRAVEL, EXCESS WATER

Puffed Cheek meaning

obesity, ballooned, magnitude

Puffed Cheek use

FAT, SO-MANY

IS meaning

slight or strong intensity

IS use

GETTING-BY, WOW, SILLY, CLOSE, SMART, DANCE, FINGERSPELL, PRACTICE, READ, SIGN, WANT, CHEAP, DIRTY, EXPENSIVE, EXPLAIN, FEELING, SORRY

BURRR meaning

can occur with signs as in gunning people down, a lot of people, intensity, motor

BURRR use

many adjectives like: BORED, COLD, BEAUTIFUL, SMART, STUPID, GOOD-FRIEND; motors like: TOY CAR, MOWER, CHAIN SAW; metaphor motor like: FINGERSPELLING, DUN-DOWN-WITH-INSULTS

SOO, SOA meaning

intensity

SOO, SOA use

PEEVED, HATE, SMART, CHEAP, EXPENSIVE, PROUD, FULL, LUCKY, TIRED, COLD , DIRTY, HARD, GOOD, CLOSE-CALL, DELICIOUS, CURIOUS, GOOD RIDDANCE

SOW meaning

very intensive version of SOO, SOA

SOW use

VERY-TIRED, VERY-COLD, VERY-HARD, VERY-EMBARRASSED

CLENCHED TEETH meaning

most intense version of IS

CLENCHED TEETH use

MANY(CL:5), VERY-MANY, HUGE, HOT, SMART, DARK-TAN, VERY-RED, VERY-DANGEROUS

CHA meaning

magnitude

CHA use

TALL, BUILT-BODY, MAGNITUDE SIZE

STA STA meaning

long process, long temporal verbs (recurring or continual), struggle

STA STA use

WORK, STAND, STUDY, TYPE, FINGERSPELL, PRACTICE, READ, CLEAN, WALK, WRITE, WAIT, STRUGGLE

CS meaning

close distance in time or space

CS use

RECENTLY, CLOSE-BY, ARRIVE-AT, NOW, NEXT-TO-US

TH meaning

clumsy, bad quality, carelessly, without paying attention or discretion

TH use

any verbs, DRUNK, LOUSY

Puckered Lips meaning

casual moderate

Puckered Lips use

any verbs, MEDIUM-SIZE, COMFORTABLE, CURIOUS

BITE meaning

literal or metaphor

RELIEVED meaning

relieved

SLEEP-IN meaning

sleep-in

NOT-YET meaning

not yet

PAH (FINALLY) meaning

finally, about time, big success

LR-LR meaning

look in the direction of the signers eye gaze

AF-FO meaning

similar to English “have-to”

SAM meaning

accompanies the sign “SAME”

FISH meaning

FINISH, CUT-IT-OUT, STOP- IT

AV-AV meaning

HAVE, “do you have it”

FA-UP meaning

accompanies the sign “FUCK-UP,” “he screwed up”

GA-GA-GA meaning

used with the classifier for drinking

FOR-FOR meaning

reason, why, “what for”

M-M-M meaning

interesting, oh-I-see

modifiers for intensity

MM, FFF, Pursed Lips (OO), PURSED LIPS, AHH, Puffed Cheek, IS, BURRR, SOO/SOA, SOW, CLENCHED TEETH

modifiers for size, distance, time, and manner

CHA, Pursed Lips (OO), STA-STA, CS, TH, Puckered Lips

lexical mouthing

BITE, RELIEVED, SLEEP-IN, NOT-YET, PAH (FINALLY), LR-LR, AF-FO, SAM, FISH, AV-AV, FA-UP, GA-GA-GA, FOR-FOR, M-M-M