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chapineschihua.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
chapineschihua.
Principal English Translation: 

a clog maker (partly a loanword from Spanish, chapín, a clog with a cork sole worn by women)

Orthographic Variants: 
chapineschiua, chapines chihua, chapines chiua
Alonso de Molina: 

chapineschiua. ni. (pret. onichapineschiuh.) hazer chapines.
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.

themes: 
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