kinderen van vader keutjhi en moeder teungkoe (English: “‘Children of father keutjhi and mother teungkoe’”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Atjehsch metaphor describing the gampongbevolking as children of the village chief (father) and the village religious leader (mother), illustrating the dual source of village authority.
Translation
‘Children of father keutjhi and mother teungkoe’
Description
Atjehsch metaphor describing the gampongbevolking as children of the village chief (father) and the village religious leader (mother), illustrating the dual source of village authority.
Significance
The term kinderen van vader keutjhi en moeder teungkoe 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. 349.