doi DOIDOhU cmavo

generic vocative marker; identifies intended listener; elidable after COI.


On affix form:

do
pro-sumti: you listener(s); identified by vocative.

In definition:

la'ei (exp!)
combines LA with DOI
cmavrdoi
x1 is the selma'o "DOI".

In notes:

nenbejbei
x1 is an energy transporter for beaming x2 to x3 from x4 over path x5
nolba'i
b1=n1 is titled with high aristocratic/noble/elite status in/under culture/society b3=n2.
prusmi
x1 beats x2 to doing/being x3 (ka). x1 did/was x3 before x2 did, who was trying to do the same thing.
di'ai
vocative: well-wish - curse
do'oi
generic single-word generic vocative marker; identifies intended listener with a single, possibly non-Lojban word, delimited by pauses (in speech) or by whitespace (in writing).
lai'e
Named reference. It converts a sumti into another sumti. The converted sumti points to the referent the name of which is the referent of the unconverted sumti.
lu'ei
convert a grammatical quotation to a tanru unit; x1 expresses/says the quoted text for audience x2 via expressive medium x3.
ve'ai
vocative marker: identifies the station(s) to which a message is to be sent and at the same time prepares a universe of discourse by filtering from a stream of messages only those said by that station(s)
xu'e
vocative: said/quoth..., used to identify the person speaking a single sentence (e.g. in dialogues)
coindoi
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'vocative' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.