sur-i1transitive verb1Englishpurpose; benefactive; toÁi Paulo a mur i kán tatalen sang a lu longoi mák han uri rumán lotu minái suri nguruk tiklik mai bos kálámul. (Apo 17.2)Paul followed his own custom he habituallly did and he went to this synagogue for the purpose of conversing together with the people.ur1suri ngorerliu suri; pánpán suri; tari lul suri; tur rakrakai suri2Englishabout; concerning; forNgo aru kálámul diar lu worwor suri kesá táit, koran diar mángát suri táit erei ngo na ngorer, ki diara kápti kándiar kamkabat er nák dik. (Gal 3.15)If/when two people talk about a thing, perhaps they agree concerning that thing that it will be like that, then they will tie/confirm their covenant of theirs it will be firm.Sasam erei di utngi ngo kolora ákte bonta noi matananu i kesá malar main i Pacific. Má a mákmák ngoro na talbap i git no á sasam erei, má git no gita sami besang ngo kápte gita ololoh kuluk suri.That sickness they call cholera has completely filled/affected the people in one place here in the Pacific. And it looks like that sickness will spread to all of us, and we all will probably be sick if we don't watch out for it.gong suri; holhol suri; mákmák suri; nokwan artálár suri; ololoh suri; sasam suri; sák suri; ser suri; worwor suri3Englishcompared toBát di utngi mai moroilu ngo a lu hut, ki di lu longra palai sang á kaungán má dik lu áslai mul i kán rakrakai a tuan lite. Irngán moroilu a tuan rakrakai suri tan gengen bát ngo a lu hut.The wind they call moroilu (typhoon) when it arrives, then they hear-remove (hear from a distance) its voice/sound and they also feel its power that it is very different (more powerful than other winds). The force of a typhoon is very powerful for/compared to the small winds that come.4Englishpreceding; close toThis is used in telling time to indicate how many minutes before the hour, and to indicate positions close to but not quite at or on the location stated. While risán carries the meaning of next to, right beside someone or something, suri connotes a wider area, being close to but not necessarily right next to.palai

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