*pu'bej
*pu'bej is a word (noun) in Klingon meaning ‘phaser rifle’.
Meaning
phaser rifle
Pronunciation
Sound out *pu'bej letter by letter:
- ppʰstrongly aspirated p, with a puff of air
- uuu as in 'boot'
- 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
- bbb as in 'bay'
- eɛe as in 'bed'
- jd͡ʒj as in 'junk'
Usage notes
*bej is here assumed to be a misspelling of beH, since it is spelled beH in a majority of sources: TKD, S14, and dictionary part of KGT, and it is spelled *bej only the three times it occurs in the main text of KGT (twice on page 56, and once on page 80).
Source
KGT p.56
Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.