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chapines chihualoyan.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
chapines chihualoyan.
Principal English Translation: 

the place where chapines (clogs?) are made (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chapines chiualoyan
Alonso de Molina: 

chapines chiualoyan. chapineria.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 19r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.