bom (at Sigli) (English: “loading buoy/platform”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Loading platform at Sigli where large prauwen load/unload the cargo of KPM ships lying at roadstead.
Translation
loading buoy/platform
Description
Loading platform at Sigli where large prauwen load/unload the cargo of KPM ships lying at roadstead. Always busy and noisy.
Significance
The term bom (at Sigli) is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 58.