peutoeha peuët (English: “Four peutoeha”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Four-member council in Keureutòë with the right to be present at judicial verdicts by the Teukoe Tjhi’; traditionally consulted in important matters.
Translation
Four peutoeha
Description
Four-member council in Keureutòë with the right to be present at judicial verdicts by the Teukoe Tjhi’; traditionally consulted in important matters.
Significance
The term peutoeha peuët 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. 341.