vi~ on/upon 1 tegemea that~s; it (all) ~s inategemea; -fungamana na, fuatana; inamia; elekea. 2 amini; tumainia; -wa na hakika juu ya. ~ upon it usiwe na shaka the old man still ~s on his son mzee bado anatumainia mwanae. dependableadj -a kutegemea. ~ant; ~entn 1 mtegemea mtu, anayelelewa (mtoto, mtumishi). 2 mfuasi; pl watu wanaotegemea kulelewa na mtu mwingine. dependencen(on/upon) 1 (hali ya) kutegemea (mtu au kitu). 2 imani I have a lot of ~ence on her nina imani sana naye. 3 (addiction) uraibu. dependencyn 1 koloni. 2 kitegemea. dependentadj 1 tegemezi. ~ent clausen kishazi tegemezi. ~ent economyn uchumi tegemezi. ~ent on/ upon -a kutegemea victory is ~ent on the weather ushindi unategemea hali ya hewa.