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calzas chiuhqui.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
calzas chiuhqui.
Principal English Translation: 

hosier, one who makes hose, stocking, tights (only partly a loanword from Spanish)

Alonso de Molina: 

calzas chiuhqui. calcetero.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 11r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.