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2. Vaha mea means the 'red opening' of the year, and mago glyphs also - normally - have their 'jaws' open. It therefore seems reasonable to identify mago as the opposite of vaha mea, viz, the 'opening' of the 2nd half of the year.

Vahahora is spring and vahatoga is autumn:

Vaha

Hollow; opening; space between the fingers (vaha rima); door cracks (vaha papare). Vahavaha, to fight, to wrangle, to argue with abusive words. Vanaga.

1. Space, before T; vaha takitua, perineum. PS Mgv.: vaha, a space, an open place. Mq.: vaha, separated, not joined. Ta.: vaha, an opening. Sa.: vasa, space, interval. To.: vaha, vahaa, id. Fu.: vasa, vāsaà, id. Niuē: vahā. 2. Muscle, tendon; vahavaha, id. Vahahora (vaha 1 - hora 2), spring. Vahatoga (vaha 1 - toga 1), autumn. 3. Ta.: vahavaha, to disdain, to dislike. Ha.: wahawaha, to hate, to dislike. Churchill.

Vaha kai perhaps is the 'black' opening in the west through which sun disappears in autumn, and there could be a kind of 'diametrical' opposition between vaha kai ('death') and vaha mea ('birth'):


*vaha mea*	*vaha kai*
'birth'	'death'

Maybe vaha mea indicates the beginning of the 1st half of the year ('spring', vahahora), and maybe mago similarly indicates the beginning ('birth') of the 2nd half of the year ('autumn', vahatoga):


*vaha mea*	*mago*	*vaha kai*
'birth of spring'	'birth of autumn'	'death'