gyufa

Hungarian

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  • match device to make fire

Etymology

Compound from Hungarian gyú (shortened from m) + Hungarian fa (tree, wood, wooden, board)+ Hungarian hu (strike, and, chain, in, his her its knowledge)+ Hungarian gyújt + Hungarian to light, spark, used in adjective sense here.

Origin

Hungarian

to light, spark, used in adjective sense here

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