okusembera.

usually kootakoota (-koose- koose) v.i. (redup.) be bent/bent over; walk with a stoop, okukootakoota mu ga lumonde, lit. to bend over in the sweet- potato leaves (ga implies malagala, leaves), i.e., to try to hide, but to be found out; to want to do something but to fail because of the wrong approach/technique.

a- plur. (li/ma) husky, deep voice; change of voice in an adolescent boy as he approaches maturity, as an adv. huskily, in a deep voice. Alina amalago- lago. His voice is changing (of an adolescent). cf. obulago.

be easy to cut; be interrupted; crack; break with, separate from (e.g., a friend), wander about, .walk all over, butasalikako musale, to be furious/enraged; to be fierce/unapproachable. Yazze wano nga takyasalikako musale. He came here in a furious state of mind. Takyasalika mu maaso. He is furious. No one may dare pass in front of him.

come near; relig. receive Holy Communion.

be easy to approach. Ta- semberekeka. He is not an easy person to approach.

come near to.

sooberera (soobe- redde) v.tr. appl. 1 & 2 move towards, approach quietly/slowly/cautiously.

reach; approach, v.i. happen, occur; be completed/achieved; be perfect.

o- (mu/tni) approach, entrance, place of encounter, cf. Igguka.

(-kununkirizza) also occurs as kunuukiriza & kunukkiriza v.i. & tr. appl. caus. be near (to); approach; reach out (for). Nnalumansi kati akununkiriza emyaka essatu. N. is now almost three years old.

v.i. approach slowly/cautiously.

to walk very stealthily. Yagezaako okubbirira amaaso alabe kve nkola. He tried to steal a look to see what I was doing.

v.tr. appl. caus. cause to move forward/approach carefully; bring carefully towards.

v.tr. appl. caus. cause to approach; bring near.

v.tr. caus. approach; bring near; welcome; entertain (guests) with food or drink. Ennaku zinsembeza. Misfortune overwhelms me.

v.i. recip. approach one another.

v.i. be obese/ distended (of the stomach from overeating or approaching childbirth); waddle (like a fat person).

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. approach cautiously/slowly; deal carefully with.

v.i. neut. 2 be approachable; be easy to face/confront.

(-suuludde) 'v.i. approach maturity.

okugobereza amaaso, to follow with the eyes, omwana abadde agobereza omwaka ogw'okubiri, a child who was nearing/approaching his second year. Omulabe bwe yatulaba n'atugobereza amasasi. When the enemy saw us he drove us off with bullets.

etc.); creep up to, stalk (game in hunting), v.i. have a guilty look.

come close to.

-erembereza (-eremberezezza) v.i. & tr. appl. 2 caus. refl. approach cautiously/ carefully/slowly; be deliberate and slow in one's actions (towards). cf. olulemba.