[tlhIngan Hol] Hovercraft

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On 9 July 2017 at 19:41, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:
> On Jul 8, 2017, at 5:32 PM, Jeremy Silver <jp.silver at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>> ...
>> We got a new word not too long ago, IIRC from the Air and Space Museum app:
>> 'al        v    float (in/on air)
>>
>> That would seem to be a perfect substitute for the word "hover", I would
>> think.
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> loQ jIQoch.
>
> I get the impression that {'al} is not right for powered flight like a helicopter or hummingbird. I would use it for a hot-air or helium balloon, a blimp, or a dirigible.
>
> On the other hand, a hovercraft doesn't actually hover. It floats *on* a partially-contained volume of pressurized air, but not *in* air as I understand {'al} to mean.

But the definition says "float (in/on air)". Does the "on" part not
cover the hover case?

Incidentally, I am reminded of a certain saying by the boxer (Muhammad) Ali...

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