Padi lintjah, also called padi tadjoë, was the Atjehnese levy on dry rice fields (ladang) forming part of the adat glé, the composite tax charged on cultivation outside the gampong boundaries. The alternative name derived from tadjoë, the dibble or planting stick — hence poot-padi, “dibbled padi,” the rice sown by dibbling rather than transplanted.
Assessment
The levy amounted to two naleh of padi per hippaang padi, the hippaang being the area cleared by a single person with one parang (chopping knife; Atjehnese thi, “one”). The unit of assessment thus rested on the labour of one man with one implement rather than on measured surface.
Abolition
The padi lintjah, together with the other levies of the adat glé and the boeët oemòng, was abolished by article 15 sub I of Staatsblad 1919 No. 822, the oeléëbalangs receiving a fixed civiele lijst in its place.
See Also
Source
Het recht op den grond in Atjeh, by D. W. N. de Boer, dated Scheveningen, November 1931, pp. 59-80. Offprint DLP-141, Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, ‘s-Gravenhage; Bibliotheek KITLV accession 0060 4460 60 081470 428.