pestä kätensä
Finnish
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to wash one's hands”
Verb
edit- (literally) to wash one's hands
- (idiomatic) to wash one's hands [with elative ‘of’] (to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with)
Conjugation
editSee pestä. kätensä takes the appropriate possessive suffix:
possessor | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
1st person | käteni | kätemme |
2nd person | kätesi | kätenne |
3rd person | kätensä |