History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 204 (part 2)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Thus, in the Algonquin, the syllable ac stands for land, earth, ground, soil; be, for water, liquid; bic, for rock, stone, metal, hard mineral; co for object; ke for country, precinct, or terri tory; os for pebble, loose stone, detritus; min, good; ia, the term for a beautiful scene; na, a particle, which, in compound words, denotes excellence; oma, a large body of water j non, a place; gan, a lake; coda, a plain or valley; oda, a town, village, or cluster of houses, &c. " By adding the primary syllable of a word, as conveying the entire signification of the word, and employing it as a nominative to other syllables, which are also made use of in their concen trated forms, a class of words is formed, which are generally