うぶごえ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
産声初声 (dated) 生声 (dated)

Etymology

From 初(うぶ) (ubu) + 声(こえ) (koe).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うぶごえ [ùbúgóé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) うぶごえ [ùbúgóꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝbɯ̟ᵝɡo̞e̞]

Noun

うぶごえ • (ubugoe) ^{←うぶごゑ (ubugowe)^?}

a baby's first cry

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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