Pangkaij (English: “Acehnese advance-payment system”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Atjehsch voorschotten-systeem (advance/credit system) for trade; has heavier burdens attached than the Chinese voorschotten-system; used on Noord- and Oostkust.
Translation
Acehnese advance-payment system
Description
Atjehsch voorschotten-systeem (advance/credit system) for trade; has heavier burdens attached than the Chinese voorschotten-system; used on Noord- and Oostkust.
Significance
The term Pangkaij 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. —.