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calcuechuia.

Headword: 
calcuechuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to stain something with soot; or to clean a chimney by removing the soot (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑlkweːtʃwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

calcuechuia. nitla. (pret. onitlacalcuechui.) entiznar algo con hollin, o deshollinar alguna chimenea.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 11v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.