saudörö’s (English: “Brothers (in Gajo)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Stemgerechtigden (voting members) of the blah, who together with the rëdjö, toeö, and imöm form the blah — effectively a republican government with patriarchal traits.
Translation
Brothers (in Gajo)
Description
Stemgerechtigden (voting members) of the blah, who together with the rëdjö, toeö, and imöm form the blah — effectively a republican government with patriarchal traits.
Significance
The term saudörö’s 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. 345.