Todayʻs word is "poelele" meaning an artificial satellite in space. She gives the derivation as "flying round object" (so the "round" meaning of "poe") but elsewhere I have heard "flying buoy" (where "buoy" is another meaning of "poe", presumably from the English?). I like "flying buoy" better since it captures the function - 1/2
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