Aceh warriors

[KraVseR]

Originally Posted by asomotif

1.: Free Aceh Movement. I guess they will use automatic assault rifles...

2. try google, I easily found this translation.

" In a correspondence with Dominique Buttin, he informed the that, "The name Peudeung means sword, which is the same meaning as Podang from the Batak or Pedang from the Javanese. "

Yes, guns - it's obvious. But apart from that they also have some cold weapons?

I'm sorry, I can not find anything. Can be pronounced, and "pedang" and "podang", and "pedeng", right?

[kronckew]

the word in western letters is an approximation of the local pronunciation, thus the multiple spellings for essentially the same word spoken in different local dialects by the native users. transliteration of words into characters not designed for the original language results in a lot of variations which are essentially the same. english speakers hear 'pedang' while a dutch speaker may hear 'peudeung' and the native speaker may not recognise either, even if he knows english or dutch...

even english has vowel drift from england to australia, india, australia, nz, etc.. with a's drifting to e's or i's over time. we understand aussies but their vowels come out funny. pronunciation in england can vary in two places just a few miles apart. it's a wonder anyone understands anyone else.

[KraVseR]

Thanks.

[RhysMichael]

I put this together years ago with the help of those here and it may be of some use in this discussion


http://home.comcast.net/~JTCrosby/Th...n07_update.pdf

[KraVseR]

Originally Posted by RhysMichael

I put this together years ago with the help of those here and it may be of some use in this discussion


http://home.comcast.net/~JTCrosby/Th...n07_update.pdf

Thank you, I've found this file.

[kronckew]

that reminded me of the other edged weapon used in aceh - by the dutch - their traditional european blades proved too long and cumbersome for the rain forests, so the general designed a shorter cutlass to equip his men with. originally made in solingen, they were made all the way up to ww2 in hembrug and the USA (milsco) copied them exactly. known as the dutch klewang: {mine attached} also discussed ad nauseum here in various threads

[KraVseR]

Originally Posted by kronckew

that reminded me of the other edged weapon used in aceh - by the dutch - their traditional european blades proved too long and cumbersome for the rain forests, so the general designed a shorter cutlass to equip his men with. originally made in solingen, they were made all the way up to ww2 in hembrug and the USA (milsco) copied them exactly. known as the dutch klewang: {mine attached} also discussed ad nauseum here in various threads

Thank you, this is what I read. but what about the cold arms of the Free Aceh? Although in theory they could use the same klewang, renchong?

[KraVseR]

And how is called the Aceh spear and the javelin?