Ba a yawan samun kalmar “noctambulation” a daidaitattun ƙamus na Turanci, amma ga alama ta zama ma’ana da ba kasafai ba kuma ta zama ma’ana ga “somnambulism” ko “tafiya mai barci”. mutum yana tafiya ko yin wasu ayyuka alhalin suna barci. Yana da yanayin tashin hankali a lokacin da ba barcin REM ba, lokacin da kwakwalwa ba ta cika farkawa ba amma jiki yana iya motsawa kuma yana yin ayyuka.Saboda haka, ana iya cewa "noctambulation" yana nufin aikin tafiya ko motsi a cikin yanayin barci, kwatankwacin tafiyar barci.