toeö (English: “Adat expert (in Gajo)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Adat-kenner in Gayo society; in Gajo Loeës reduced to settling minor disputes and acting as intermediary between rëdjö’s and blah members.
Translation
Description
Adat-kenner in Gayo society; in Gajo Loeës reduced to settling minor disputes and acting as intermediary between rëdjö’s and blah members.
Significance
The term toeö 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.