"ł-" meaning in Navajo

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        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*ɬ",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *ɬ (progressive suffix)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "*ɬ",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Na-Dene *ɬ (progressive suffix)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "qfa-yen-pro",
        "2": "*l",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yeniseian *l (progressive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eya",
        "2": "*ɬ",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Eyak *ɬ (progressive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tli",
        "2": "*n",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Tlingit *n (progressive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *ɬ (progressive suffix), from Proto-Na-Dene *ɬ (progressive suffix); cognate with Proto-Yeniseian *l (progressive suffix), Eyak *ɬ (progressive suffix), and Tlingit *n (progressive suffix). The same or a similar classifier prefix is found in all of the Athabaskan languages, as well as the more distantly related Eyak, Tlingit, and the Central Siberian Yeniseian languages (e.g., Ket, formerly Yenisei Ostyak).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ł-",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "yibéézh (“it’s boiling (yi-∅-béézh)”) + ł- → yiłbéézh (“he’s boiling it (yi-ł-béézh)”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "naʼniyęęsh (“something flows about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-∅-yęęsh)”) + ł- → naʼniłhęęsh (“he’s making it flow about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-ł-yęęsh)”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "siʼą́ (“a roundish object lies in position (-∅-ʼą́)”) + ł- → séłʼą́ (“I keep a roundish object in position (-ł-ʼą́)”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a causative-transitivizing prefix of active verbs that modifies the transitivity or valence and grammatical voice of a verb; it often transitivizes an intransitive -∅- (unmarked) verb"
      ],
      "id": "en-ł--nv-prefix-xHJBeJ13",
      "links": [
        [
          "valence",
          "valence#English"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change#English"
        ],
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix#English"
        ],
        [
          "causative",
          "causative#English"
        ],
        [
          "transitivizing",
          "transitive#English"
        ],
        [
          "voice",
          "voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "the ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a causative-transitivizing prefix of active verbs that modifies the transitivity or valence and grammatical voice of a verb; it often transitivizes an intransitive -∅- (unmarked) verb:"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "d-"
        },
        {
          "word": "l-"
        },
        {
          "word": "∅-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ł-"
}

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        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*ɬ",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*ɬ",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eya",
        "2": "*ɬ",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Eyak *ɬ (progressive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tli",
        "2": "*n",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Tlingit *n (progressive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *ɬ (progressive suffix), from Proto-Na-Dene *ɬ (progressive suffix); cognate with Proto-Yeniseian *l (progressive suffix), Eyak *ɬ (progressive suffix), and Tlingit *n (progressive suffix). The same or a similar classifier prefix is found in all of the Athabaskan languages, as well as the more distantly related Eyak, Tlingit, and the Central Siberian Yeniseian languages (e.g., Ket, formerly Yenisei Ostyak).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ł-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "d-"
    },
    {
      "word": "l-"
    },
    {
      "word": "∅-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo links with redundant target parameters",
        "Navajo links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Navajo prefixes",
        "Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
        "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "yibéézh (“it’s boiling (yi-∅-béézh)”) + ł- → yiłbéézh (“he’s boiling it (yi-ł-béézh)”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "naʼniyęęsh (“something flows about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-∅-yęęsh)”) + ł- → naʼniłhęęsh (“he’s making it flow about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-ł-yęęsh)”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "siʼą́ (“a roundish object lies in position (-∅-ʼą́)”) + ł- → séłʼą́ (“I keep a roundish object in position (-ł-ʼą́)”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a causative-transitivizing prefix of active verbs that modifies the transitivity or valence and grammatical voice of a verb; it often transitivizes an intransitive -∅- (unmarked) verb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "valence",
          "valence#English"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change#English"
        ],
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix#English"
        ],
        [
          "causative",
          "causative#English"
        ],
        [
          "transitivizing",
          "transitive#English"
        ],
        [
          "voice",
          "voice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "the ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a causative-transitivizing prefix of active verbs that modifies the transitivity or valence and grammatical voice of a verb; it often transitivizes an intransitive -∅- (unmarked) verb:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ł-"
}