Merèntèt Pengabisan

• Berèntèt Pengabisan

From merèntèt (“streak”) +‎ pengabisan (“last”). According to C. D. Grijns, so named after the fact that it comes up in a series of lengthy and difficult to pronounce Arabic month names with no popular shortforms (namely, those of the 5th and 6th months, sometimes also the 4th month).^[1]

• (Urban Jakarta) IPA^(key): [mə.rɛnˈtɛt pə.ŋa.biˈsan]

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Merèntèt Pengabisan (Arab Gundul spelling مرنتت فڠابيسن)

1. (Urban Jakarta) synonym of Jumadilakir (“Jumada II, the sixth month of the Islamic calendar”)

In places where Merèntèt Mula (literally “first streak”) is used for the fifth month ("Jumada I"), it comes second in the series. In a few other places, it comes third after Merèntèt Mula (“Rabi II, the fourth month”) and Merèntèt Tengah (“Jumada I, the fifth month”, literally “middle streak”).