Appendix:Belter Creole/bang

Belter Creole

Etymology

From German Bahn (“route, path, track”), and from English bang, an onomatopoeia of the sound of impacting on something, from the idea that the ship navigators would be violently operating their helms, causing them to hit against the rest of the ship, resulting in such notice.

Verb

bang

1. to steer
2. to navigate