# surra
## English
### Etymology

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

### Noun

surra (uncountable)
* 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 […]

#### Translations
## Estonian
### Verb

surra
* Da-infinitive of surema.

## Finnish
### 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 (siŕmaj, “death”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

surra
* (intransitive) to mourn, grieve (often because of someone's death)
* (transitive, usually atelic) to mourn, grieve ((over) someone dead)

#### Antonyms

* iloita

#### Derived terms

* surija
* surma
* suru
* sureksia
* surettaa

#### Related terms

* surma

### 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

## Ingrian
### 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: /ˈsurːɑ/, [ˈs̠urː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈsurːɑ/, [ˈʃurːɑ]
* Rhymes: -urː, -urːɑ
* Hyphenation: sur‧ra

### Verb

surra
* (intransitive) to mourn; grieve
* (intransitive) to die; pass away
* (transitive, usually atelic) to mourn; grieve

#### Synonyms

* (to mourn): tusata
* (to die): koolla, saavva hukkaa, (of animals) nukkua, tavveta

#### Derived terms

* suru

### References

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

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsur.ra/
* Rhymes: -urra
* Hyphenation: sùr‧ra

### Noun

surra f (uncountable)
* surra (disease of animals)

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

surra (present tense surrar, past tense surra, past participle surra, passive infinitive surrast, present participle surrande, imperative surra/surr)
* Alternative form of surre

### Anagrams

* surar

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsu.ʁɐ/ [ˈsu.hɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsu.ʁɐ/ [ˈsu.hɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈsu.ʁɐ/ [ˈsu.χɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsu.ʁa/ [ˈsu.ha]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsu.ʁɐ/
* Rhymes: -uʁɐ
* Hyphenation: sur‧ra

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from surrar (“to beat”).

#### Noun

surra f (plural surras)
* (informal) beating, spanking
* spanking on the buttocks
* (Brazil, figuratively) a resounding defeat

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

surra
* inflection of surrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

## Swedish
### Etymology

Of imitative origin, see also Danish sur.

### Verb

surra (present surrar, preterite surrade, supine surrat, imperative surra)
* to buzz (make a buzzing sound, of for example bees)
    surrande binbuzzing bees
* to talk, to buzz (often of many people)
    Vad surrar ni om?What are you talking about?
* to buzz (of rumors or the like)
    Rykten surrade i stanRumors were buzzing about town
* (sometimes with fast) to secure (for example cargo) with a rope
    Surra lasten, en storm är på vägSecure the cargo, a storm is coming

#### Related terms

* surr

### References

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

### Anagrams

* rusar, surar