I expect this is probably going to be a “we don’t know (yet)” thing, but do we have any evidence to indicate whether or not the taboo against using {-vIp} with a prefix indicating a first person subject extends to using {ghIj} with a prefix indicating a first person object? Like, is it okay to be afraid of a concrete thing, but not okay of being afraid to do something? Or is the taboo against admitting to fear of any kind at all?
{jagh vISuvvIp} - obviously taboo
{mughIj jagh} - is this taboo? Or just a normal and expected reaction? {Dujeychugh jagh nIv yItuHQo'} and all, but {DughIjchugh jagh nIv, DatuHnIS'a'?}
not qoHpu''e' neH ghIjlu'.
The existence of this adage makes me fairly confident that there is no such taboo. Indeed, while someone who uses {ghIj} with a first-person object too often may be a coward, the saying suggests that anyone who never uses {ghIj} with a first-person object is a fool.
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