acanissar

From a- +‎ *canís +‎ -ar, from Vulgar Latin *canicius, from canis (“dog”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.kə.niˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ka.niˈsaɾ]

acanissar (first-person singular present acanisso, first-person singular preterite acanissí, past participle acanissat)

1. (ditransitive, Balearic) to sic (a dog) on someone

   Synonym: aquissar

• “acanissar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007