這子ほうこ

noun

protective baby doll; talisman doll for infants

A traditional doll given to newborns as a protective charm, often placed near the baby to ward off evil.

• この這子ほうこは江え戸ど時じ代だいから伝つたわるお守まもりです。

  This houko doll is a protective charm handed down since the Edo period.

noun

crawling baby

Literally 'crawling child'; a descriptive term for an infant at the crawling stage. Rare as a standalone word; more often seen in explanations or traditional contexts.

• 「這ほう子こ」という言こと葉ばは、文も字じ通どおりハイハイする赤あかちゃんを指さします。

  The word 'hauko' literally refers to a baby who is crawling.