Jossain threadissa kyselin noista kuplan eri lempinimistä. Löytyi eräästä kirjasta sitten lista. Ja kun hieman etsin netistä, niin lisää löytyi...
Nimiä on yllättävän monta...
Aluksi kirjasta lempinimet:
Alankomaat: Kever (koppakuoriainen)
Australia: Beetle (koppakuoriainen)
Belgia: Coccinelle (leppäkerttu) tai Kever (koppakuoriainen flaaviksi)
Bolivia: Peta (kilpikonna)
Bulgaria: Kosternurka (kilpikonna)
Dominikaaninen tasavalta: Cepillo (harja)
Ecuador: Escarabajo (koppakuoriainen)
Egypti: Khon-Fesa (koppakuoriainen)
Espanja: Escarabajo (koppakuoriainen)
Etelä-Afrikka: Volla (koppakuoriainen)
Filippiinit: Kotseng Kuba (kyttyräselkäinen auto) tai Pagong (kilpikonna)
Guatemala: Cucaracha (torakka)
Haiti: Coccinelle (leppäkerttu)
Honduras: Cucarachita (pieni torakka)
Indonesia: Kodok (sammakko)
Irak: Agoroga (sammakko)
Islanti: Bjalla (koppakuoriainen)
Iso-Britannia: Beetle (koppakuoriainen)
Israel: Hipushit (leppäkerttu)
Italia: Maggiolino (koppakuoriainen)
Japani: Kabutomushi (koppakuoriainen)
Kanada: Weevil (kärsäkäs)
Kenia: Kifuu (kilpikonna)
Kreikka: Scathari (koppakuoriainen)
Kroatia: Buba (leppäkerttu)
Liettua: Vabalas (leppäkerttu)
Mexico: El Sedan, Vocho tai Pulguita (pieni kirppu)
Namibia: Scoro-Scoro
Norja: Boble (kupla)
Portugali: Carocha (leppäkerttu)
Puerto Rico: Volky
Puola: Garbus (kyttyräselkä)
Ranska: Coccinelle (leppäkerrtu)
Romania: Broasca (sammakko) tai Buburuza (leppäkerttu)
Ruotsi: Bagge (koppakuoriainen) tai Bubbla (kupla)
Saksa: Käfer (koppakuoriainen)
Serbia: Buba (leppäkerttu)
Slovenia: Hros (koppakuoriainen)
Sri Lanka: Beetle (koppakuoriainen)
Suomi: Kupla, Kuplavolkkari
Tansania: Chura (sammakko) tai Kobe (kilpikonna)
Tanska: Boblen (kupla)
Thaimaa: Rod Tao (kilpikonna-auto)
Tsekkoslovakia: Brouk (koppakuoriainen)
Turkki: Tosba (kilpikonna)
Unkari: Bogár (koppakuoriainen)
USA: Bug (lude, ötökkä)
Venezuela: Escaraboja (koppakuoriainen)
Vietnam: Con-bo
Viro: Põrnikas (koppakuoriainen)
Zimbabwe: Bhamba datya (sammakko)
Sitten netistä, http://www.vwbusstop.demon.nl/vwnamepage/index.html
Australia: Dak Dak.
Brazil: Fusca.
Denmark : Asfalt-Boble.
England and U.S.A. : Beetle, bug, herbie, super beetle (1302 and 1303). Convertible: ragtop.
Finland and Estonia: Kupla
France: Coccinelle "Lady bug"
Germany: Kaefer. Split-window: Brezelfenster.
Hungary: Bogár (beetle), dudu, herbie, cserebogár (maybeetle), katicabogár (ladybird or ladybug)
Italy: Maggiolino.
Mexico Vocho.
the Netherlands: Kever, Volks-fiets (fiets means bicycle) Convertible:Frommeldak.
Spain: Escarabajo "scarab" Pulguita.
Portugal: Carocha.
Poland: The early VW´s and Kdf´s: Placzek later Garbus, garbik
Sweden: Bubbla, asfalt-bubbla, folka, folka-bubbla, folkvagn, kupla, skalbagge (bug).
Lisää nimiä netistä, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle
* Жук (Zhuk) Bug also in Russia (Former Soviet Union)
* Volkswagen Sedan
* Volkswagen Bug
* Coccinelle (ladybird) or Kever in Belgium
* "Vocho" or "Vochito" in Mexico
* "Fusca" in Brazil
* Escarabajo in Argentina
* Peta ("turtle") in Bolivia
* Folcika in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Sedan, then Fusca (popularly, Fusquinha that means Little Fusca) in Brazil
* Косτенурка (Kostenurka) (meaning turtle) or Бръмбар (Brambar) (meaning bug) in Bulgaria
* Bug, Beetle, Choupette or Coccinelle (ladybug) in Canada
* Escarabat (means "beetle") in Catalan
* Moncho in Chile
* Jiǎ Ké Chóng (甲壳虫) (means "beetle") in China
* Cucarron (Scarab), Escarabajo or “Pichirilo” in Colombia.
* Buba in Croatia
* Brouk in Czech Republic
* Boblen (the bubble) in Denmark
* Cepillo ("Brush") in Dominican Republic
* Escarabajo or Pichirilo in Ecuador
* خنفسة - Pronounced khon-fesa (Beetle in Arabic) in Egypt
* Põrnikas (means "beetle") in Estonia
* Kuplavolkkari (kupla meaning bubble) in Finland
* Coccinelle (ladybug) in France
* Буба in the Republic of Macedonia
* Jin-guei che (金龜車) in Taiwan
* Käfer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
* Σκαθάρι (Scathari meaning beetle) or Σκαραβαίος (Scaraveos meaning Scarab) in Greece
* Cucaracha or Cucarachita (Cockroach or little cockroach) in Guatemala.
* Coccinelle (ladybug) in Haiti
* Bogár (meaning "bug") in Hungary.
* Cucarachita (little cockroach) in Honduras.
* Bjalla in Iceland
* Kodok (frog) in Indonesia
* Folex,(قورباغه ای)means the frog Iran
* Agroga عكروكة (froggy) in Iraq
* חיפושית ("Hipushit," beetle) or Bimba in Israel
* Maggiolino (beetle) or the unofficial name of Maggiolone (can indicate Super Beetle) in Italy
* Kabuto-mushi (カブトムシ) (means "drone beetle") in Japan
* Kifuu in Kenya
* Vabole in Latvia
* Vabalas in Lithuania
* Kura (turtle) in Malaysia
* Sedán, Pulguita (little flea), Vocho or Vochito (sometimes spelled "bocho/bochito") in México
* Scoro-Scoro in Namibia
* Bhyagute Car in Nepal literally: "Frog Car".
* Kever in the Netherlands
* Catch Fire in Nigeria
* Boble (bubble) in Norway
* Foxi or”Foxy” in Pakistan
* Escarabajo ("beetle") or Fusca in Paraguay
* "Pendong", kotseng kuba (literally, 'hunchback car') /"pagong" (turtle),"Ba-o", turtle in Cebuano dialect "Boks" in the Philippines
* Garbus (literally, 'Hunchback') in Poland
* Carocha in Portugal
* Volky in Puerto Rico
* Broasca / Broscuţă (little frog/froggy) or Buburuza (ladybird) in Romania
* Фольксваген-жук in Russia
* Буба or Buba in Serbia
* Volla - Pronounced Folla in South Africa
* Chrobák in Slovakia
* Hrošč in Slovenia
* Escarabajo ("beetle") in Spain and Latin America
* Volks / Beetle/ ibba (turtule) in Sri Lanka
* Mgongo wa Chura” (Frog Back) or Mwendo wa Kobe” (Tortoise Speed) in Swahili
* Bagge (short for skalbagge, beetle), bubbla (bubble) or folka in Sweden and Finland
* Kobe in Tanzania
* รถเต่า - Pronounced Rod Tao (turtle car) in Thai
* Kaplumbağa or tosbağa (meaning turtle) or "vosvos" in Turkey.
* Escarabajo in Venezuela.
* con bo in Vietnam
* Bhamba datya in Shona - Datya is frog in the vernacular from Zimbabwe
* Poncho
* Popoy
* Punchbug
* Maricon in Peru
* Tortuga in Panama
Lisää netistä, http://volkswagens.wikia.com/wiki/Beetle_Names
* Käfer in Germany
* Broscalanu' or Broscuţa (froggy) in Romania
* Sedan, then Fusca (popularly, Fusquinha, or little Fusca) in Brazil
* Boblen (the bubble) in Denmark
* Coccinelle in Belgium, France and Haiti
* Garbus (literally, 'Hunchback') in Poland
* Σκαθάρι (Scathari meaning beetle) or Σκαραβαίος (Scaraveos meaning Scarab) in Greece
* Maggiolino in Italy. Also called with the affective name of Maggiolone
* Sedán or Vocho in Mexico
* Kever in Belgium and the Netherlands
* Kuplavolkkari (kupla meaning bubble) in Finland
* kotseng kuba (literally, 'hunchback car') /"pagong" (turtle),"Ba-o", turtle in Cebuano dialect "Boks" in the Philippines
* Kodok (frog) in Indonesia
* Brouk in Czech Republic
* Carocha in Portugal
* Буба or Buba in Serbia
* Escarabajo ("beetle") in Spain and Latin America
* Peta ("turtle") in Bolivia
* Cepillo ("Brush") in Dominican Republic
* Volky in Puerto Rico
* Hrošč in Slovenia
* Cepillo in Dominican Republic
* חיפושית ("Hipushit") in Israel
* Косτенурка (Kostenurka) in Bulgaria (meaning turtle)
* عقروقة (Ag-ru-ga) in Iraq
* Bagge (short for skalbagge, beetle) or bubbla (bubble) in Sweden
* Boble (bubble) in Norway
* Buba in Croatia
* Bug in the United States
* Põrnikas in Estonia
* Kaplumbağa or tosbağa (meaning turtle) or "vosvos" in Turkey.
* Bogár in Hungary.
* Cucaracha or Cucarachita (Cockroach or little cockroach) in Guatemala.
* Cucarachita (little cockroach) in Honduras.
* Escarabajo in Venezuela.
* Escarabajo or Pichirilo in Ecuador
* Weevil in Canada
* Foxi in Pakistan
* Mgongo wa Chura in Swahili (Frog Back)
* Mwendo wa Kobe in Swahili (Tortoise Speed)
* Bhamba datya in Shona - Datya is frog in the vernacular from Zimbabwe
* Vabalas in Lithuania
* Bjalla in Iceland
* Volla - Pronounced Folla in South Africa