kaja meueh hana meusapé, kaja padé meusampoerna (English: “‘rich in gold is not sufficient; rich in rice is perfect’”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Acehnese saying emphasizing the primacy of rice wealth over gold wealth — quoted as typifying the population’s economic orientation.
Translation
‘rich in gold is not sufficient; rich in rice is perfect’
Description
Acehnese saying emphasizing the primacy of rice wealth over gold wealth — quoted as typifying the population’s economic orientation.
Significance
The term kaja meueh hana meusapé, kaja padé meusampoerna 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. 207.