"ł-" meaning in Navajo

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*ɬ",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *ɬ (progressive suffix)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xnd-pro",
        "2": "*ɬ",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Na-Dene *ɬ (progressive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "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).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ł-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "it’s boiling (yi-∅-béézh)",
          "text": "yibéézh",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he’s boiling it (yi-ł-béézh)",
          "text": "yiłbéézh",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "something flows about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-∅-yęęsh)",
          "text": "naʼniyęęsh",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he’s making it flow about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-ł-yęęsh)",
          "text": "naʼniłhęęsh",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a roundish object lies in position (-∅-ʼą́)",
          "text": "siʼą́",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I keep a roundish object in position (-ł-ʼą́)",
          "text": "séłʼą́",
          "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:",
        "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-vaRSPIox",
      "links": [
        [
          "valence-change prefix",
          "valence-change prefix#English"
        ],
        [
          "causative",
          "causative#English"
        ],
        [
          "transitivizing",
          "transitive#English"
        ],
        [
          "valence",
          "valence#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-"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*ɬ",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *ɬ (progressive suffix)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xnd-pro",
        "2": "*ɬ",
        "pos": "progressive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Na-Dene *ɬ (progressive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "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).",
  "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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      "categories": [
        "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo prefixes",
        "Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
        "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)",
        "Navajo terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "it’s boiling (yi-∅-béézh)",
          "text": "yibéézh",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he’s boiling it (yi-ł-béézh)",
          "text": "yiłbéézh",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "something flows about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-∅-yęęsh)",
          "text": "naʼniyęęsh",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he’s making it flow about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-ł-yęęsh)",
          "text": "naʼniłhęęsh",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a roundish object lies in position (-∅-ʼą́)",
          "text": "siʼą́",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I keep a roundish object in position (-ł-ʼą́)",
          "text": "séłʼą́",
          "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:",
        "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-change prefix",
          "valence-change prefix#English"
        ],
        [
          "causative",
          "causative#English"
        ],
        [
          "transitivizing",
          "transitive#English"
        ],
        [
          "valence",
          "valence#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-"
}