~ HAND      id+ | "THE TOOL OF TOOLS " |
^u                 per ARISTOTLE [#]
            id+ | GRASPING ORGAN |
~ HANDBOOK  id+ | MANUAL |   sug> GUIDE
~ HANDICAP  id+ | FLAW |     sug> DISABILITY 
            id+ | modern implication is negative as per 
                  STATE OF INFERIORITY | 
            id+ | what makes 
                  ACHIEVEMENT MORE DIFFICULT |
            id+ | DISADVANTAGE |
            id+ | historic implication is dual as per 
                  ADVANTAGE GIVEN or 
                  DISADVANTAGE IMPOSED |         
~ HANDLER   id+ | MANIPULATOR or EXPLOITER |
                  note other combinations
  sug> HANDICRAFT                sug> HANDLE
  sug> HANKKERCHIEF              see> HANDSOME
  med> in humans THE HAND IS     sug> ORGAN 
       A PREHENSILE ORGAN        sug> COMPREHEND 
  which implies a                sug> COORDINATE
  FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION OF      sug> HANDLE
  MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS and TISSUES sug> APPREHEND
  etymology has evolved toward negative implications  
  ger HAND   = same as in eng
  eng HANDLER  WHO MANIPULATES    sug> EXPLOIT
  ger HANDEL   COMMERCE thus      sug> MERCENARY
               MERCHANDISE        sug> MERCURY
               MERCHANT           sug> HERMES
               BUSINESS           sug> MANUFACTURE
  ukr HANDLAR  MERCHANT
      RUKA       HAND
      RUKAV      SLEEVE
      RUKIV      STAFF OF A CROSS or
                 HANDLE or
                 HILT
      RUKOVYNY   BETROTHAL RECEPTION
      RUKOVODYTY to LEAD GUIDE and
                 RULE
      RUKODILIA  MANUAL LABOR
                 HANDICRAFT
      RUKODIL    MANUAL
      RUKOPYS    MANUSCRIPT
      RUKHOVOD   LEADER
  sp  HUMANO     HUMAN
                 MAN
                 MANUAL
                 MANIPULATOR
        MANO     HAND    HANDBOOK  UNDERHAND
        MANERA   MODE    MODAL     MANNER
  note  TO HAND  TO GIVE
  gr  CHIRO      or
      CHEIRO     HAND
  ukr CHIRURG    SURGEON
  sp  QUIROFANO  SURGICAL ROOM
      CIRUGIA    SURGERY
  for more etymology see> CARP  see> CHEIRO
  ply> | MANY HUMANS HOPE TO BE RULED BY
         THOSE WITH A WISE MIND and
  on the other HAND also to be ruled by
  THOSE WITH A WISE HAND |
  hx> HAND GESTICULATIONS ARE PART OF LANGUAGES
      few examples suffice  just observe a preacher
  THE PLACING OF HANDS TOGETHER IS
  A SIGN THAT TRANSCENDS TIME AND SPACE
  VIRTUALLY IN ALL CULTURES IT DENOTES IDEAS OF
  DEVOTION  INOFFENSIVENESS  DEFENSELESSNESS
  SUBMISSION  ADORATION
  CHRISTIANS RAISE JOINED HANDS
  IN SUPPLICATION TO THE ALMIGHTY
  note the international concensus regarding
       negative HAND SINGS as in
  the well known MANO IN FICA or
  A THUMB PROTRUDING BETWEEN
  THE INDEX AND THIRD FINGERS also called
  lat  MANO OBSCAENA  or
  fr   FAIRE LA FIGUE or
  ukr  FIGA           or
  ital FAR LA FICA
  ALL REPRESENT AN OBSCENE EXPRESSION OF
  ULTIMATE CONTEMPT
  note " NOT CARE A FIG"
  AMULETS IN SUCH SHAPE
  WERE CAST IN SILVER
  AS PENDANTS REPRESENTING POTENCY AND
  GIVEN TO ROMAN INFANTS
  lit+ in " Horns of Honor " by
       Frederick Thomas ELSWORTHY [#]
  offers many details on
  the SYMBOLISM OF THE HAND and other
  EMBLEMS THAT PERSIST SINCE ANTIQUITY including
  MANO PANTEA  VARIOUS CROWNS  HELMET  PANACHE etc 
  hx> HANDICAP or HAND in CAP pointed to 
      RACES BETTING and PLACING BETS in a CAP 
  fr HANDICAPEUR or HANDICAPAGE stood for 
     PERSON HOLDING THE CAP of BETS 
  sug>  HANDLE  sug> HANDY  sug> HANDSOME
  cont> in
  see>  CHEIRO  also consider
  see>  MANUAL
  see>  PALM
  see>  CARP
  see>  FINGER
  see>  DIGIT