Category: P
to pray
TO PRAY: Hands joined palm to palm, fingers pointing upward and outward.
to possess
TO POSSESS: Cross the open hands in front, palms to self and then draw them up against the breast.
to persevere
TO PERSEVERE: With right index point to heart, and then push both fists forward as if to push way through a crowd.
pity
PITY (feel sorry for): Draw the middle finger upward against the heart (feel), and then bring the open hand out extended toward the imaginary object of pity, making a kind of stroking or circular motion with the hand, as if giving comfort.
pulse
PULSE: Right finger tips feeling the pulse of the left hand.
prison
PRISON: Fingers of open hands placed before the face, palms inward and “Key”.
pope
POPE: The finger tips of both hands are joined over the head in three successive heights, indicating the triple crown.
maybe, perhaps
MAY, MAYBE, PERHAPS, indicating probability: Hold out both open hands out in front straight from the sides, palms up; balance the hands up and down alternately several times like the balances of a pair of scales.
paper
PAPER: Right “P” hand prone, index pointing outward, shaken.