arrissar

From a- +‎ ris +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.riˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.riˈsaɾ]

arrissar (first-person singular present arrisso, first-person singular preterite arrissí, past participle arrissat)

1. (transitive) to curl (hair etc.), to make curly
2. (transitive) to crimp
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to curl, to become curled or curly, to curl up; to ripple (of liquids)
   • 1965, Jaume Berenguer Amenós, Alexis Zorbàs:

     Al matí, la mar flairava a síndria; a migdia, fumejava, s'arrissava formant lleus ondulacions com pits molt tendres de noia amb prou feines dibuixats; al capvespre, sospirava, color de rosa, de vi, d'albergínia, blau fosc.

     In the morning, the sea smells of watermelon; at midday, it ripples forming slight undulations like very tender breasts barely sketched in; in the evening, it sighs, with the colour of a rose, of wine, of an eggplant, a dark blue.

• arrissada
• maneta arrissada

• “arrissar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.