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chivo.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
chivo.
Principal English Translation: 

a small goat (kid); also seen as chivato
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yey tzontli yhuan matlacpoali cabras huehueyntin yhuan tepitzitzin yhuan cequi chibatos = de ganado cabrío, mil cuatrocientas cabezas, chico y grande, con todos los chivatos (Tepexi de la Seda, 1621)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 112–113.