^uauai

===Etymology===
A reduplication of ^uai "I eat, consume, devour"
====verb====
#(transitive) I gradually and continually destroy a person's self-concept; I cause a person to despise and distrust himself/herself; I mentally destabilize a person; I eat away at a person's soul
#*jrai umpele bin vsrakava ^uauae. Abusive parents eat away at their delicate children's souls. 
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