To sign "state" as in, "the U.S. has 50 states," touch the side of an "S" hand to your left palm and then use a small arc to
move the "S" hand to the lower part of palm.
STATE:
STATEWIDE:
If you are referring to STATE as in "a state of shock" or "in an excited state" one way to sign is:
If you mean STATE as in "comment, assert, or articulate" you could sign:
SAY:
TELL:
EXPLAIN:
If you want to convey STATEMENT, here are some options:
statement-[title / topic / phrase / QUOTE]:
LANGUAGE / sentence / statement / string of words / line of words:
If you are more specifically referring to a "bank statement" you can sign:
statement / PAPER:
States:
Note: Some states and cities have signs others you fingerspell.
Alabama: Fingerspell "ALA"
Alaska:
Fingerspell "Alaska" or do the "fur
around face" sign.
ALASKA-[advanced/casual version]:
Arizona:
Fingerspell "Arizona" or do the "A" at the corners of the mouth sign.
Arkansas:
Fingerspell "ARK"
California:
ILY-hand index fingertip to earlobe swing once into a "Y"-hand.
Colorado:
Do a "C" arc on the forearm or sign [COLOR and spell "do" or
"ado"] or spell
Fingerspell "Colorado" (Some people just spell "COLO" but
that feels weird to me.)
COLOR + DO-[version]:
Connecticut: CONN
Delaware: DEL
Florida: FLA
Georgia: GA
Hawaii: Spell or H-FACE or FACE
HAWAII-[initialized-version]:
HAWAII-[non-initialized-version] / face / looks:
Idaho: Spell or "potato"
Illinois: Spell ILL but it ends up looking like ILY sign.
Indiana: IND (Using a bit of a bounce)
INDIANA-[version]:
Iowa: Spell
Kansas: Spell, or KAN-(some-people-sign), KS
KANSAS-[ks-version]:
Kentucky: KY
Louisiana: L sideways movement into an "A"
Maine: Spell or sign "profit"
Maryland: MD
Massachusetts: MASS
Michigan: MICH
Minnesota: MINN
Mississippi: MISS
Missouri: sideways-M into an O
Montana:
spell or sign MUSEUM
MONTANA-[museum version]:
MONTANA / MCDONALD'S:
Nebraska: NEB
Nevada: spell or NEV
New Hampshire: NH
New Jersey: NJ
New Mexico: NM
New York: palm-down-Y sliding on non-dominant-palm
NEW YORK:
NEW YORK-[one-movement-version]:
North
Carolina: NC
North Dakota: ND (with a modified D)
Ohio: Spell
Oklahoma: OKLA-(lexicalized with a bit of a clockwise arc from the signer perspective)
Oregon: Spell or circle an O in the air.
OREGON-[circled-O-version]:
OREGON-[shoulder version / not recommended]:
Pennsylvania: sideways-P changes into an "A"
Rhode Island: RI
South Carolina: SC
South Dakota: SD with a modified D
Tennessee: TENN
Texas: X moves in a "7 path" (draw a 7 in the air with an X-hand)
Utah: Spell
Vermont: VT
Virginia: VA
Washington: W moves forward off of the shoulder
West Virginia: Sign WEST then VA. Note: Some people move the W to the right.
Wisconsin: WIS or WISC
Wyoming: WYO (a bit lexicalized with a dip on the Y)
United States Territories:
Notes:
Also see: State Employment Vocabulary
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