soekoe (English: “Soekoe (matrilineal clan in Menangkabau system)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Clan division in the matriarchal Menangkabau system, originally used in the maleische staatjes on the Westkust.
Translation
Soekoe (matrilineal clan in Menangkabau system)
Description
Clan division in the matriarchal Menangkabau system, originally used in the maleische staatjes on the Westkust. The Dutch contributed to a shift to the patriarchal Atjehsche form by replacing the multi-headed with a single-headed bestuur.
Significance
The term soekoe 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. 342.