P?l? means “in that way.” And p?l? n? means: that's so, that's it, that's how it is, exactly. It's a handy word to know and our Hawaiian word for today. P?l? n? – that's it.
Makua is a very general term for parent, or any relative of the parent's generation, as in an uncle or aunt. Since the main stock of a plant is thought of…