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confites chiuhqui.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
confites chiuhqui.
Principal English Translation: 

a candy maker (see Molina)
(partly a loanword from Spanish)

Alonso de Molina: 

confites chiuhqui. confitero.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 24v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.