{"def":{"short":"a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])","long":["mother",["of humans","of Deborah's relationship to the people (figuratively)","of animals"],"point of departure or division"]},"deriv":"a primitive word","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔem","ipa_mod":"ʔem","sbl":"ʾēm","dic":"ame","dic_mod":"ame"}}