11., obwesigwa.

v., okwesiga, okweyabiza, okwessa.

a mazima, esigwa.

o- (bu/-) fracture; dislocation; break, kwesiga nga buvune,.to have utter trust/beliance in (a person), cf. vuna.

o- (bu/-) trust, confidence, cf. -esiga.

o- (bu/-) trustworthiness, reliability, faithfulness, fidelity, cf. -esiga.

okuzza omusango; (entrust to) okukwasa, okusigira.

okusigira, okuteresa; vide okuwereka, okukwasa.

feel free with, have confidence in, trust. Siyinza kumweyabiza. I cannot confide in him. I can't talk to him freely. See the note under yab-.

mpwedde) v.i. be finished/ ended; be completed (e.g., of a job); be exhausted/worn out. Mpweddemu amaanyi. I have no strength left, obulamu obutaggwa- wo, eternal life, okuggwaamu akakunkuna, to be completely convinced, have one's doubts removed, okuggwa ku muntu, to be ‘finished' with a person, no longer to trust him; to be utterly amazed at a person, ku- ggwaamu mazzi, to be on the point of death; to have just died, lit. to be exhausted of water. Aweddeemu amazzi. He is on the brink of death. Yanywedde n'aggwa. He drank to excess/got drunk. Yayambadde n'aggwa. She was dressed ‘fit to kill.'

e- (ki/bi) old, desicated tree; wooden handle; score in the game of mweso. Akyukira mu kiti nga mbazzi. He is likely to turn against people. He cannot be trusted. Twayogeramu ebiti bibiri n'Omuzungu. We spoke with the European for a short time. cf. lomuti.

e- (n/n) coffee berry; coffee in the natural state. Emmwanyi gye weesiga y'etebaamu mulamwa. (prov.) The coffee berry which you trust may not have a bean in it. Appearances are deceiving, kumira mmwanyi, to make a blood brotherhood pact (with someone), lit. to swallow coffee berries, cf. akamwanyimwanyi, omumwanyi.

adj., teriimukabi; (trusty) esigwa.

adj., esigwa, lamu, tuufu (trusty).

e- no plur. (li/ma) trust, trustworthiness, reliability, ow'essimba, a reliable person.

be suspicious of, mistrust.

v.tr. leave as deputy; make ...deputy; entrust to.

known collectively as Mujaguzo. cf. 2Wuula.

to trust a person who is likely to prove unreliable.

-esigwa adj. trustworthy; reliable; faithful. cf. -esiga.

-eteerera (-eteeredde) v.i. refl. suspect oneself; mistrust oneself; be scrupulous.

put oneself; put oneself down, kwessa mn ddene, to start out on a trip (ddene = d + nene, big, ekkubo, road, is implied), kwessa ku muntu, to trust a person, have confidence in a person.

be suspicious of, mistrust; guard oneself against; beware of.

-ekengerwa (-ekengeddwa) v.i. pass. refl. be suspected; be an object ot suspicion/ mistrust.

mistrust one another.

-esiga (-esize) v.tr. refl. trust; rely on; have confidence in; entrust oneself to.

have confidence in one another.

inspire confidence, omuntu atayinza kwesigika, a man who cannot be trusted.