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The Word Spinning Top in Different Languages and Dialects
Written in Original Letters
Hope Tops will make you happy

* The original idea of the table is presented in The Name Of The Game by: knuthe, Norway.

Some countries and writings in original letters I added.

Argentina
Trompo

Australia       Kolap(Island of Mer in the Torres Straits)
      Pewer kolap (Island of Mer in the Torres Straits)
      Wana (Mabuiag in the Torres Straits)

Belgium           Draaitol - Dutch
          Muziektol - Dutch
          Toppen - Dutch
          Toupie - French
          Dop - Flemish dialec

Brazil
Pião, (piao)

Bulgaria
Pumpal

Bosnia
Svrdlo

Burundi
Akamari

Cambodia
Too loo

China

DA-BO-GAI (a Top toy)

Tuoluo
(Gyro, technical or science term) Too loo

Chile
Trompo

Colombia
Trompos

Croatia

Svrdlo
Vrtuljak
Zvrk

Czech Rep
Káca

Denmark
Snurretop

Egypt

Nahla

England
Spinning Top
Humming Top

Furness Dialect (Furness Dialect Dictionary)
· scoprel - a spinning top made out of a wooden disc or the end of a bobbin.
· tully lig in - the game of peg top
· tully - when a top fails to spin
· souker - a toy made of a disc of leather
· purly post - spinning top used in games, marked on its four sides:
T. tak yan [take one] P. put yan [put one] S. sweep o [sweep all] L. let t alæan [leave it alone]

Esperanto
Turbo

Estonia
Vurr

Finland
Hyrrä

France
Toupie

Germany Danzknöpfli-Schwarzwald
Dilldop - Köln
Dreidel
Havergeis - Schwarzwald
Kreisel
Schnurre - old form

Greece

- Svoura

- Varidi

- Zigi

Guatemala
Trompos

Holland    Tol - "Tollen" is the name of playing with the "tol".
   Bromtol - Brom = buzzing
   Draaitol - Draaien=to turn

Hungary
búgócsiga (humming top)
Pörgettyu
Pörgö
Csiga - local Hungarian, literally - snail

Iceland
Skopparakringla

India

- Pambaram (Tamil)
Bhamaido - bha - my - doe
(Gujarat - a mid western Indian state)

Bhoura. Pronounced : bho-rra (Maharashtra)
Buguri (Kannada and Tulu languages)

- Lattoo (Hindi)

Iran

Gerd-Alloo

Israel (Hebrew) (Hand writing) (Printed letters)

- Svivon (turning/spinning)

- Forfera peg top

- Rolera peg top

Iraq

- Dauama (South)

- Laulab

- Mizra
Musraa (slang)

Italy
Sotula - (Turin, Piedmont)
Strummolo - (Neapolitan) Strummulu
Trottola

Japan

- Koma (Hiragana characters)

Korea
Pang-Ih

Kuwait
Dawammahh

Laos
Too loo

Latvia
Vilcins

Lybia
Zghada

Lithuania
Vilkelis

Marocoo

- Trambia
TROMBIYA

Malaysia
Gasing (in the Malay language)

Mexico
Trompo

New Zealand
Potakas (Maori)

Norway Kattimann -Hovdenakken, Romsdalen

Kåtekall - Øygarden N/W of Bergen.

Snurrebass - also used as slang for the male genital.

Speril - (Røra in Innherad)Literally - lambs tail.

Sylletopp - (Stavanger)

Pakistan

Latoo
(Sindh province, in Urdu language)

Peru
Trompo

Philippines
Ka-sing (cebuano, visayan)
Trumpo (tagalog)

Poland
Baczek
Bak

Portugal
Pião

Puerto Rico
Chobita - small top -
literally - small fish

Vaca - large top -
literally - cow

Romania
SFÂRLEAZÂ
TITIREZ

Russia

Volchok

- Yula

Serbia

- Cigra pronounced chigra

Sicily
Strummulu (Sicilian)

Spain Baldufa - Barcelona - Catalunya
Buxaina - Galicia-from buxo the Galician word for the wood of which spinning tops were made in the older days (if I have understood the Spanish message from Luis Ramas correctly).
Jim Lemon told me: Buxus Spp. is the botanical name
for boxwood. Hard, heavy, excellent for taking detail and turning. Also extremely durable. Sounds like good top material to me.
Galdrufa - Aragon
Peón - Aragon
Peonza - Aragon
Pirindola - Aragon
Pirulo - Aragon
Refinadera - Aragon
Trompa - Valencia
Trompo - Barcelona - Catalunya
Trompitxol - Barcelona - Catalunya
Virolet

Sri Lanka

Pambaram (Tamil)

Sweden
Snurra

Syria
Dilme