confites chihua.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
confites chihua.
Principal English Translation: 

to make candies
(partly a loanword from Spanish, confites, candies)

Orthographic Variants: 
confites chiua
Alonso de Molina: 

confites chiua. ni. (pret. oniconfites chiuh.) hazer confites.
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.