ayi.

Headword: 
ayi.
Principal English Translation: 

to do something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āyi
IPAspelling: 
ɑːyi
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀY(I) vt; pret: ĀX to do something / hacer alguna cosa exterior (M) This verb can also be used intransitively. TLA-ĀY(I) with the indefinite object prefix means ‘to cultivate land’. See TLAĀX-TLI.

ĀYILIĀ applic. ĀY(I)

ĀYĪHUA nonact. ĀY(I)

AHĀY(I) redup. ĀY(I)

ĀYĪTIĀ altern. caus. ĀY(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 16.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Cuix titlaāyini? = Are you (s.) doing something?, Huel titlaāyini = You're (s.) very busy
Michel Launey, An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, translated and adapted by Christopher MacKay (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 185.

IDIEZ morfema: 
āyi.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
root of TLĀYI. to do s.t.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
TLĀYI iyollo. Macehualli quichihua ce tlamantli [Mc. 3r].
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach2.