Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chalchihuitl. Noun edit. chalchihuitl (countable and uncountable, plural chalchihuitls).
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chalchihuitl: A bluish-green turquoise found in New Mexico, highly prized as a gem by the aborigines.
a precious stone, especially a precious green or blue stone; also, part of a metaphor for a newborn baby, child. Susan Kellogg, Law and the Transformation ...