呱こ々こ

noun

cry of a newborn baby

Literary and fixed expression; almost exclusively used in the phrase 呱々の声をあげる (to be born, literally 'to raise the cry of a newborn'). Not used in everyday conversation.

See also: 呱々の声をあげる

• 彼かれは呱こ々この声こえをあげたその日ひから、家か族ぞくの希き望ぼうの星ほしだった。

  From the day he was born, he was the hope of his family.

• 「呱こ々この声こえをあげる」は、生うまれることを表あらわす文ぶん語ご的てきな言いい回まわしだ。

  '呱々の声をあげる' is a literary expression meaning to be born.