産うぶ

noun, used as a prefix

birth-; first; newborn

Prefix used in words related to birth or the first time something happens, such as 産声 (first cry of a newborn) or 産湯 (first bath of a newborn). Not freely productive.

• 赤あかちゃんの産うぶ声ごえが聞きこえた。

  We heard the baby's first cry.

• 産うぶ湯ゆを使つかわせる伝でん統とうがある。

  There is a tradition of giving a newborn its first bath.