setengah Kompenie (English: “Half-Company (half-military)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Local nickname for the Gouvernements Marine vaartuig (e.g., the ‘Wega’), reflecting its semi-military character.
Translation
Half-Company (half-military)
Description
Local nickname for the Gouvernements Marine vaartuig (e.g., the ‘Wega’), reflecting its semi-military character.
Significance
The term setengah Kompenie 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. 285.