doinai DOI* cmavo-compound

"anti-vocative": specifically denies that the referent is the intended listener.

*Note: Only accepted by experimental grammar* (u'u doinai la .djon.) = "Sorry, I wasn't talking to you, John". May also be used alone if the referent is obvious from context.


On grammatical class:

doido'u (comp!)
generic vocative address to intended listener;.
doinai (comp!)
"anti-vocative": specifically denies that the referent is the intended listener.