gyufa

== Hungarian == === Etymology === First attested in 1840. From gyú (“shortened from gyújt (“to light, spark”), used in adjective sense here”) +‎ fa (“wood”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries as a calque of German Zündholz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɟufɒ] Hyphenation: gyu‧fa Rhymes: -fɒ === Noun === gyufa (plural gyufák) match (device to make fire) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === gyufa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.