Wolfram Fischer (26.09.2025/draft)
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| Theme | PSK3 | PSK_desc | ISFA | ISFA_description | ISFA_example | PSK_example |
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| Locations (object) | T | finger | ||||
| T1 | 1st finger | 1 | 1st finger | |||
| T2 | 2nd finger | 2 | 2nd finger | |||
| T3 | 3rd finger | 3 | 3rd finger | |||
| T4 | 4th finger | 4 | 4th finger | |||
| T5 | 5th finger | 5 | 5th finger | |||
| W | hands | hands | ||||
| Wa | inner side of hands | palm | ||||
| Wy | lower part of hands | wrist | ||||
| U | mouth | mouth | ||||
| V | neck | neck | ||||
| M | foot | foot | ||||
| S | strings | loop | ||||
| S1 | 1 loop | loop around the 1st fingers | ||||
| S2 | 2 loop | loop around the 2nd fingers | ||||
| S3 | 3 loop | loop around the 3rd fingers | ||||
| S4 | 4 loop | loop around the 4th fingers | ||||
| S5 | 5 loop | loop around the 5th fingers | ||||
| Positions and directions (1) | q | near / in front / forwards | n | near (to the player) | ||
| d | radial | n | near | |||
| p | far / at the back / backwards | f | far / away (from the player) | |||
| b | ulnar | f | far | |||
| n | upwards / top | upper | ||||
| h | distal / above | upper | upper 2 loop | S2h | ||
| u | downwards / bottom | lower | ||||
| y | proximal / below | lower | lower 2 loop | S2y | ||
| c | outwards / away from the centre | dorsal | ||||
| e | dorsal | dorsal | ||||
| o | inwards / towards the center | palmar | ||||
| a | palmar | palmar | ||||
| Positions and directions (2) | s | left | L | left | ||
| z | right | R | right | |||
| i | opposite | opposite | ||||
| v | between | between | ||||
| m | (in the) middle | middle | ||||
| t | back to standard position (of hands) | |||||
| f | continue in the same direction | |||||
| Sm | center string | |||||
| Su | freely hanging string | |||||
| Moves (1) | A | wrap around a finger | ||||
| % | transfer (to) | Transfer ... | Move a loop from one finger to another, inserting the finger as indicated (i.e., from above or from below). | S1 % S2 S1 %Cn S2 |
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| %O | put a string on another finger while rotating it 180° around its own axis | Transfer ... | ||||
| %u | transfer below the strings (to) | Transfer ... | ||||
| % | transfer (to) | Remove | Same meaning as transfer, but with emphasis placed on fingers rather than loops. | “2, from above, removes 1 loop” is the same as “Transfer 1 loop to 2, inserting 2 from above.” | S1 %Cn S2 | |
| S2 %Cn Si2 | Exchange | Swap the loops encircling the same finger of each hand so that one loop passes through the other. | “Exchange 2 loops, inserting fingers from above, passing R loop through L loop” means transfer right index loop to left index, inserting left index from the fingertip side; insert right index into the lower left index loop (i.e., the loop nearest the knuckle), entering the loop from the fingertip side, then lift it over the upper left index loop and off the finger to complete the exchange. | S2 %Cn Si2 | ||
| Q | pull on an additional finger | |||||
| Qu | pull below the strings on an additional finger | |||||
| Moves (2) | C | twist (180°) | Rotate | Introduce a twist in a loop by tracing out a circle with the tip of a finger. | S2 Cn-p-u | |
| CC | twist 360° | S2 Cn-p-u-q-n S2 Cn-p-u-q-t |
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| O | rotate around its own axis 180° | |||||
| OO | rotate around its own axis 360° | Loops can be rotated a full turn toward you. | On-q-u-p t | |||
| On-p-u-q-n | rotate around its own axis 360° away from you | Loops can be rotated a full turn turn away from you. | On-p-u-q t | |||
| x | release and keep loose | Release | Allow the loop to slip off the finger. | S1 x | ||
| X | release and tighten | Release and extend | S1 X | |||
| H | tighten | Extend | Separate the hands to absorb slack. This is commonly done after loops have been released. | |||
| L | grasp with the palmer (fingerprint) side (and press down the string) | Hook down | Pass a finger over a string and use the fingerprint side of that finger to retrieve the string; after catching the string press the tip of the finger against the palm, securing the string in the crook of the bent finger. | T1 npL S2d | ||
| L .. C... | hook up with the palmar (fingerprint) side and rotate ... | Hook up | Pass a finger over a string and use the fingerprint side of that finger to retrieve the string; after catching the string straighten the finger by rotating it a half turn towards you or away from you as indicated. | T2 npL S3d Cu-q-n t, T5 nqL S3b Cu-p-n t. |
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| Le | pick up with the dorsal (fingernail) side | Pick up | Pass a finger under a string and use the nail side of that finger to retrieve the string. | T1 upLe S2d t | ||
| Lx | loosen bracket | |||||
| K | pinch (with two fingers or the teeth) | T12 K S2d | ||||
| < | join fingertips together | T12 < | ||||
| <x | dissolve junction | T12 | ||||
| SFN moves | -z | move right | ||||
| -s | move left | |||||
| -p | move away from you | |||||
| -q | move toward you | |||||
| n- | move up | (from) above | distally | T1 npp S3d | ||
| u- | move down | (from) below | proximally | T1 up* S5b | ||
| np, nq | move over (away from / towards you) | |||||
| up, uq | move under (away from / towards you) | |||||
| Aggregating labels | 'V15 | Position 1 | Position I | Place an untwisted loop on 1 and 5 of each hand; extend. | S15. | |
| 'W152 | Anfang A | Opening A | Position I; R2 picks up L palmar string; L2, through R2 loop from above, picks up R palmar string. | S15, S2a Q Si2. | ||
| 'W152zs | Opening A, with right string picked up first | Opening B | Same as Opening A, but L2 picks up R palmar string first. | S15, Sz2a Q Ss2, Ss2a Q Sz2. | ||
| 'W153 | Opening A with middle fingers | S15, S3a Q Si3. | ||||
| 'J | Navahoing | 'J1y | ||||
| 'N | Navaho opening | Navajo Opening | 'N12 | |||
| 'R | Caroline extension | Caroline Extension | 'R12 | |||
| Operators | * | all | all | |||
| " | both | both | ||||
| _ | connected with | TV | transverse (a straight across string) | In Opening A, the near thumb string (1n) and the far little finger string (5f) are both transverse strings. | S1d (Ss1d_i) |
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| _ | connected with | oblique | oblique string | In Opening A, the other strings are oblique or diagonal strings. | Ss1b_i2d | |
| _ | connected with | S1d_i5b | ||||
| ~ | in a description of a path: next segment of a string, with changed string | |||||
| + | and | and | ||||
| = | resolution of an abbreviation | |||||
| - | move (on), in a description of a path: next segment of string (string does not change) | |||||
| / | at the same time | at the same time |