Finnish

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Etymology

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Literally, to wash one's hands

Verb

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pestä kätensä

  1. (literally) to wash one's hands
  2. (idiomatic) to wash one's hands (of = elative) (to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with)

Conjugation

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See pestä. kätensä takes the appropriate possessive suffix:

possessor singular plural
1st person käteni kätemme
2nd person kätesi kätenne
3rd person kätensä