hinaw
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- hunaw
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hi‧naw
Etymology
Compare hinawnaw.
The idiomatic sense is from The Bible's account of Pontius Pilate washing his hands and refusing to condemn Jesus.
Verb
hinaw
- 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
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:hinaw.
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hiNaw, from Proto-Austronesian *SiNaw
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hi‧naw
Verb
hinaw
- (chiefly Batangas) to wash one's hands or feet