Sumain
Sumain noun: someone who communicates primarily using a sign language.
Noun
Sumain (plural Sumains)
- Someone who communicates primarily using a sign language.
- Growing up I lived as "passing as a hearing-identified person" who was taught the English language through speech training. Upon discovery of ASL and the DEAF-WORLD, the ease of conversations changed my life. Nowadays, I'm a Sumain; "a coined word from two languages - Su - your; main - hands which...2015 January 9, Marla Berkowitz, quotee, “A Conversation with Marla Berkowitz, ASL Senior Lecturer”, in OSU Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2023
- I would love, love (but doubt) to see this video go into a really, actually diverse set of cultures. I want to see how human psych and understandings can be seen through a Haudenosaunee lens, through an Inuit lens, through a Viittomakielinen lens, through a Sumain lens, through a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh lens...2018 May 15, “An Open Letter of things I must say”, in Reddit, r/kurzgesagt
Forms of Sumain
| plural | Sumains |
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Origin of Sumain
From Spanish su (“your”) + French main (“hand”).
Questions about Sumain
- What does Sumain mean?
- Sumain means someone who communicates primarily using a sign language.
- What part of speech is Sumain?
- Sumain is a noun.
- What is the plural of Sumain?
- The plural of Sumain is Sumains.
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