hunaw
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.