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Cebuano
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare hinawnaw.
The idiomatic sense is from The Bible's account of Pontius Pilate washing his hands and refusing to condemn Jesus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: hu‧naw
Verb
[edit]hunaw
- to wash one's hands or another's
- (idiomatic) to wash one's hands of; to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:hunaw.