C@NearFinger-PalmForwardHandUp-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp RoundHoriz C@NearFinger-PalmBackHandUp-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp

Alternative forms

 * C@Finger-PalmForwardHandUp-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp RoundHoriz C@Finger-PalmBackHandUp-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp

Etymology
From initial letter of, using a movement similar to the ASL sign , indicating that which surrounds (represented by the dominant hand sweeping around) an individual (represented by the nondominant “1” hand).

Production

 * Move the dominant hand in an arc, first toward the dominant side, then forward, then back toward the nondominant side. While doing so, rotate the dominant hand from palm-forward orientation to palm-back. The nondominant hand does not move.
 * Hold both hands still briefly.
 * Move the dominant hand in an arc, first toward the dominant side, then forward, then back toward the nondominant side. While doing so, rotate the dominant hand from palm-forward orientation to palm-back. The nondominant hand does not move.
 * Hold both hands still briefly.
 * Hold both hands still briefly.

Noun

 * 1) culture
 * 2) * 2009, abcohende, American Deaf Culture, 0:01:05:
 * "ase"

- (ASL gloss) TWO CULTURES, AMERICAN CULTURE [on one side], [on the other side] DEAF CULTURE — “[There are] two cultures: American culture on one side, Deaf culture on the other.”

Adjective

 * 1) cultural