surra

Etymology

From Marathi [script needed] (sūra, “air breathed through the nostrils”), imitative of heavy breathing through the nostrils.

Noun

surra (uncountable)

1. A disease of vertebrate animals caused by protozoan trypanosomes, involving fever, weakness, and lethargy.
   • 1901 May 24, “Veterinary Work at Uganda”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎, volume 4, number 6, page 178:

     Whether the disease caused was Surra or Ngana time would not permit me to judge […]

Verb

surra

1. Da-infinitive of surema.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surdak (“to die”) (compare Estonian surema (“to die”)), from Proto-Uralic *śure- (“to die”). The modern meaning is by contamination from surku; the original meaning is still found in the derivative surma (“killing”). May also be related to Erzya сырьмай (sïŕmaj, “death”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsurːɑˣ/, [ˈs̠urːɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -urːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): sur‧ra

Verb

surra

1. (intransitive) to mourn, grieve (often because of someone's death)
2. (transitive, usually atelic) to mourn, grieve ((over) someone dead)

Further reading

• “surra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surdak (“to die”). Cognates include Finnish surra and Estonian surra.

The sense "to die" is a semantic loan from a Southern Finnic language, either Estonian surra or Votic surra.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsurːɑ/, [ˈs̠urː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsurːɑ/, [ˈʃurːɑ]
• Rhymes: -urː, -urːɑ
• Hyphenation: sur‧ra

Verb

surra

1. (intransitive) to mourn; grieve
2. (intransitive) to die; pass away
3. (transitive, usually atelic) to mourn; grieve

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 551

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi [script needed] (sūra, “air breathed through the nostrils”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsur.ra/
• Rhymes: -urra
• Hyphenation: sùr‧ra

Noun

surra f (uncountable)

1. surra (disease of animals)

Further reading

• surra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Verb

surra (present tense surrar, past tense surra, past participle surra, passive infinitive surrast, present participle surrande, imperative surra/surr)

1. Alternative form of surre

Anagrams

• surar

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uʁɐ
• Hyphenation: sur‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from surrar (“to beat”).

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “surra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Etymology

Of imitative origin, see also Danish sur.

Verb

surra (present surrar, preterite surrade, supine surrat, imperative surra)

1. to buzz (make a buzzing sound, of for example bees)

   surrande bin

   buzzing bees

2. to talk, to buzz (often of many people)

   Vad surrar ni om?

   What are you talking about?

3. to buzz (of rumors or the like)

   Rykten surrade i stan

   Rumors were buzzing about town

4. (sometimes with fast) to secure (for example cargo) with a rope

   Surra lasten, en storm är på väg

   Secure the cargo, a storm is coming

References

• surra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• surra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• surra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• rusar, surar