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

[Daniel Dadap]

> On Feb 2, 2019, at 05:23, kechpaja at kechpaja.com wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Feb 02, 2019 at 08:19:15AM +0100, De'vID wrote:
>>> 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.
> 
> Are you sure it's not just supposed to sound like {pe'vIl}? That's the way I remember that word, at least.
> 

pe'vIl pe'bIl pe' vIl

Something which is just there forcefully cuts lightning.

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