3. The bottom element in mea ke is formed like a henua sign:
If mea kea indicates a maximum of darkness, the bottom element could be meant to illustrate how the season of light is being 'quenched' by the triplet of dark broken lines. The top end of a sign should be read as its 'head', and in mea ke the 'head' is inserted into the dark lines. At winter solstice the 'head' of the old year goes away in order to make place for the new year sun. The similarity with the spring sun being swallowed at midsummer should be noticed:
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