tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 16 07:00:11 1995
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bav
>Isn't "orbit" as a definition of {bav} a way of succinctly expressing
>a verb meaning "to move around"? Even English dictionaries list "to
>travel in circles" as a meaning of "orbit." Is there anything wrong
>with saying {qach vIbavlI'}, "I am orbiting the building; I am walking
>around the building," or {nom qach vIbavlI'} "I am running around the
>building"? Or is {bav} identical in meaning to "orbit," in that it
>implies circular motion _in_space_?
The word "orbit" strongly implies movement of *planets* in *space.* My take
is that if you said {qach vIbav} it would be understood, but it would sound
very figurative.
Guido