namesign

noun

namesign

noun

Etymology From name + sign.

1

A special sign in sign language that uniquely identifies an individual person.

One way that deaf Taiwanese assign namesigns is by producing the established sign for a surname and adding the appropriate gender marker for the intended referent […]1998, Ceil Lucas, Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze: Language Use in Deaf Communities, page 72:

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