erf- of zwagerhuwelijk (English: “levirate marriage (Gajo)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. In Gajo, by levirate marriage, the wife passes to a brother or other male relative on the husband’s death.
Translation
levirate marriage (Gajo)
Description
In Gajo, by levirate marriage, the wife passes to a brother or other male relative on the husband’s death.
Significance
The term erf- of zwagerhuwelijk 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. 119.