hunaw
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- hinaw
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hu‧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
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
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:hunaw.