[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pe'bIl

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On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 18:11, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 30, 2019
>
> Klingon word: pe'bIl
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: lightning
> Source: qepHom 2016
>

I feel like there must be a cinematic reference here. "Lightning Bill" (or
"Lightnin' Bill") was the name of several movie characters. But I can't
figure out what the {pe'} is doing there.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017066/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129202/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027886/

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