halaera/halaero (Arabic + Greek for "spiral air") rotaera (Latin + Greek for "rotating air") roteli (Latin + Swahili for "rotating ship")
Or if you still can't find a replacement for the generic word helicopter, try coming up with specific models for various types of helicopters. Just like we can fly in a big Boeing 747 or a tiny CRJ440 (Canadair Regional Jet 440), your world could use a similar naming convention.
Ex. A large cargo carrying helicopter is called The P-12 (Phineas model 12), and a smaller more maneuverable helicopter is named The VX (the next generation Verdi model)
Plus it makes sense that if your world is set in a sky city where presumably there's a lot of flying going on society would be able to distinguish between different types of aircraft models.
Just my two cents. Take what you will and leave the rest :-)
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Date: 2011-05-16 03:58 pm (UTC)halaera/halaero (Arabic + Greek for "spiral air")
rotaera (Latin + Greek for "rotating air")
roteli (Latin + Swahili for "rotating ship")
Or if you still can't find a replacement for the generic word helicopter, try coming up with specific models for various types of helicopters. Just like we can fly in a big Boeing 747 or a tiny CRJ440 (Canadair Regional Jet 440), your world could use a similar naming convention.
Ex. A large cargo carrying helicopter is called The P-12 (Phineas model 12), and a smaller more maneuverable helicopter is named The VX (the next generation Verdi model)
Plus it makes sense that if your world is set in a sky city where presumably there's a lot of flying going on society would be able to distinguish between different types of aircraft models.
Just my two cents. Take what you will and leave the rest :-)