ama / amah / amma [ˈæmə]
ama – n. – 1. amula, a vessel for eucharistic wine in the early church; 2. candlenut, Aleurites moluccana, the tree, seed or oil from this tree; 3. a Japanese woman diver; 4. a float on an Hawaiian outrigger canoe.
amah – n. – a nursemaid, or maid
amma – n. – 1. abbess; 2. mother