ladybug

[ILuvEire]

Yes, Formiko, I'm 100% sure your post was deleted, I saw the Cherokee a while ago, because I thought it was odd that it had no term for ladybug.

[Tenebrarum]

I'm not aware of how ladybugs have to do with nice people and people with weak character.

Afrikaans: lieweheersbesie / liewenheersbesie ("dear lord's creature")
Danish: mariehøne ("St. Mary's Hen")
Dutch: Lieveheersbeestje ("dear lord's creature")
English: ladybug (US); ladybird (UK)
Frisian: krupelhiutsjes
German: Marienkäfer ("St. Mary's beetle")
German (Saxon dialect): Mohtschekiepchen (< "little moo-cow")
Limburgish: levenierebieske / sjmautwurmke
Luxembourgish: Himmelsdéierchen ("little heaven/sky animal")
Norwegian: marihøne ("St. Mary's Hen") / marifly
Swedish: nyckelpiga

Catalan: marieta
French: coccinelle
Italian: coccinella
Latin: coccinella
Portuguese: joaninha
Romanian: buburuză
Spanish: mariquita / catarina

Belarusian: кароўка-багоўка (karoŭka-bahoŭka)
Bosnian: buba mara
Bulgarian: калинка (kalinka) / калинка-малинка (kalinka-malinka) / божа кравица (boža kravica)
Czech: slunéčko / sluníčko ("little sun") / beruška
Polish: biedronka
Russian: божья коровка (bož'ja korovka) ("god's little cow")
Slovak: lienka / pánbožkova kravička
Slovenian: pikapolonica
Ukrainian: сонечко (sonečko) ("little sun")

Latvian: mārīte

Cornish: bughik-Duw
Irish: bóín Dé / bó shamraidh / bóín samraidh
Welsh: buwch goch gota

Greek: πασχαλίτσα (pasxalítsa)

Hindi: सोनपाखरा (sonpākhrā)

Estonian: lepatriinu
Finnish: leppäkerttu
Hungarian: katicabogár

Azeri: parabüzən / xallı bəzək
Turkish: uğur böceği

Arabic: خنفساء (xunfasāʾ)
Hebrew: מושית (mushit) / פרת משה-רדנו (porat msheh-radenu)

Zulu: umanqulwana

Nama: ǃnāros

Mandarin (Simpl.): [jiantizi]瓢虫[/jiantizi] [piáochóng]
Mandarin (Trad.): 瓢蟲 [ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨㄙ ] ("scoop bug")

Japanese: テントウムシ / 天道虫 [tentoumushi]

Korean: 무당벌레 [mudangbeolle]

Mongolian: neüne

Thai: ตัาแมลงเต่าทอง (tuamaelangtathong)

Hawaiian: ponumomi ("jewel beetle")
Indonesian: kumbang kecil
Maori: kumbang

Vietnamese: bọ rùa ("turtle bug")

Greenlandic: qalerualik ("top coat") / oqilaaluk ("heavy-footed") / aamanganiaq ("red stone")
Inuktitut: aumanganiaq / minnguq aupaluktuq ("red beetle")

Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏨᏍᎩ ᏨᏍᎪᏱ dídajvsgi jvsgóyi (this is the generic word for beetle)

Quechua: k'uslulu

Esperanto: kokcinelo
Interlingua: coccinella
Lojban: cakcinki

[Emandir]

Afrikaans: lieweheersbesie / liewenheersbesie ("dear lord's creature")
Danish: mariehøne ("St. Mary's Hen")
Dutch: Lieveheersbeestje ("dear lord's creature")
English: ladybug (US); ladybird (UK)
Frisian: krupelhiutsjes
German: Marienkäfer ("St. Mary's beetle")
German (Saxon dialect): Mohtschekiepchen (< "little moo-cow")
Limburgish: levenierebieske / sjmautwurmke
Luxembourgish: Himmelsdéierchen ("little heaven/sky animal")
Norwegian: marihøne ("St. Mary's Hen") / marifly
Swedish: nyckelpiga

Catalan: marieta
French: coccinelle
Italian: coccinella
Latin: coccinella
Portuguese: joaninha
Romanian: buburuză
Spanish: mariquita / catarina

Belarusian: кароўка-багоўка (karoŭka-bahoŭka)
Bosnian: buba mara
Bulgarian: калинка (kalinka) / калинка-малинка (kalinka-malinka) / божа кравица (boža kravica)
Czech: slunéčko / sluníčko ("little sun") / beruška
Polish: biedronka
Russian: божья коровка (bož'ja korovka) ("god's little cow")
Slovak: lienka / pánbožkova kravička
Slovenian: pikapolonica
Ukrainian: сонечко (sonečko) ("little sun")

Latvian: mārīte

Breton: buoc'h-Doue, yarig-Doue, c'hwilig-Doue
Cornish: bughik-Duw
Irish: bóín Dé / bó shamraidh / bóín samraidh
Welsh: buwch goch gota

Greek: πασχαλίτσα (pasxalítsa)

Hindi: सोनपाखरा (sonpākhrā)

Estonian: lepatriinu
Finnish: leppäkerttu
Hungarian: katicabogár

Azeri: parabüzən / xallı bəzək
Turkish: uğur böceği

Arabic: خنفساء (xunfasāʾ)
Hebrew: מושית (mushit) / פרת משה-רדנו (porat msheh-radenu)

Zulu: umanqulwana

Nama: ǃnāros

Mandarin (Simpl.): 瓢虫 [piáochóng]
Mandarin (Trad.): 瓢蟲 [ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨㄙ ] ("scoop bug")

Japanese: テントウムシ / 天道虫 [tentoumushi]

Korean: 무당벌레 [mudangbeolle]

Mongolian: neüne

Thai: ตัาแมลงเต่าทอง (tuamaelangtathong)

Hawaiian: ponumomi ("jewel beetle")
Indonesian: kumbang kecil
Maori: kumbang

Vietnamese: bọ rùa ("turtle bug")

Greenlandic: qalerualik ("top coat") / oqilaaluk ("heavy-footed") / aamanganiaq ("red stone")
Inuktitut: aumanganiaq / minnguq aupaluktuq ("red beetle")

Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏨᏍᎩ ᏨᏍᎪᏱ dídajvsgi jvsgóyi (this is the generic word for beetle)

Quechua: k'uslulu

Esperanto: kokcinelo
Interlingua: coccinella
Lojban: cakcinki
lwe-ltelk: er-bin (bug-spot)

[Aleco]

Norwegian: marihøne ("St. Mary's Hen") / marifly

That sounds stupid! Sounds like "St. Mary's Airplane". However, it seems like it's an actual word, alongside mariaflyfly Hilarious.

[fadoli]

Afrikaans: lieweheersbesie / liewenheersbesie ("dear lord's creature")
Danish: mariehøne ("St. Mary's Hen")
Dutch: Lieveheersbeestje ("dear lord's creature")
English: ladybug (US); ladybird (UK)
Frisian: krupelhiutsjes
German: Marienkäfer ("St. Mary's beetle")
German (Saxon dialect): Mohtschekiepchen (< "little moo-cow")
Limburgish: levenierebieske / sjmautwurmke
Luxembourgish: Himmelsdéierchen ("little heaven/sky animal")
Norwegian: marihøne ("St. Mary's Hen") / marifly
Swedish: nyckelpiga

Catalan: marieta
French: coccinelle
Italian: coccinella
Latin: coccinella
Occitan: catarineta / galineta
Portuguese: joaninha
Romanian: buburuză
Spanish: mariquita / catarina

Belarusian: кароўка-багоўка (karoŭka-bahoŭka)
Bosnian: buba mara
Bulgarian: калинка (kalinka) / калинка-малинка (kalinka-malinka) / божа кравица (boža kravica)
Czech: slunéčko / sluníčko ("little sun") / beruška
Polish: biedronka
Russian: божья коровка (bož'ja korovka) ("god's little cow")
Slovak: lienka / pánbožkova kravička
Slovenian: pikapolonica
Ukrainian: сонечко (sonečko) ("little sun")

Latvian: mārīte

Breton: buoc'h-Doue, yarig-Doue, c'hwilig-Doue
Cornish: bughik-Duw
Irish: bóín Dé / bó shamraidh / bóín samraidh
Welsh: buwch goch gota

Greek: πασχαλίτσα (pasxalítsa)

Hindi: सोनपाखरा (sonpākhrā)

Estonian: lepatriinu
Finnish: leppäkerttu
Hungarian: katicabogár

Azeri: parabüzən / xallı bəzək
Turkish: uğur böceği

Arabic: خنفساء (xunfasāʾ)
Hebrew: מושית (mushit) / פרת משה-רדנו (porat msheh-radenu)

Zulu: umanqulwana

Nama: ǃnāros

Mandarin (Simpl.): 瓢虫 [piáochóng]
Mandarin (Trad.): 瓢蟲 [ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨㄙ ] ("scoop bug")

Japanese: テントウムシ / 天道虫 [tentoumushi]

Korean: 무당벌레 [mudangbeolle]

Mongolian: neüne

Thai: ตัาแมลงเต่าทอง (tuamaelangtathong)

Hawaiian: ponumomi ("jewel beetle")
Indonesian: kumbang kecil
Maori: kumbang

Vietnamese: bọ rùa ("turtle bug")

Greenlandic: qalerualik ("top coat") / oqilaaluk ("heavy-footed") / aamanganiaq ("red stone")
Inuktitut: aumanganiaq / minnguq aupaluktuq ("red beetle")

Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏨᏍᎩ ᏨᏍᎪᏱ dídajvsgi jvsgóyi (this is the generic word for beetle)

Quechua: k'uslulu

Esperanto: kokcinelo
Interlingua: coccinella
Lojban: cakcinki
lwe-ltelk: er-bin (bug-spot)

[Emandir]

Afrikaans: lieweheersbesie / liewenheersbesie ("dear lord's creature")
Danish: mariehøne ("St. Mary's Hen")
Dutch: Lieveheersbeestje ("dear lord's creature")
English: ladybug (US); ladybird (UK)
Frisian: krupelhiutsjes
German: Marienkäfer ("St. Mary's beetle")
German (Saxon dialect): Mohtschekiepchen (< "little moo-cow")
Limburgish: levenierebieske / sjmautwurmke
Luxembourgish: Himmelsdéierchen ("little heaven/sky animal")
Norwegian: marihøne ("St. Mary's Hen") / marifly
Swedish: nyckelpiga

Catalan: marieta
French: coccinelle
Italian: coccinella
Latin: coccinella
Occitan: catarineta / galineta
Portuguese: joaninha
Romanian: buburuză
Romansh: bau (da) Nossadunna, bau da noss Segner, magreata , masgola, bouvin da Nossegner, bovin dal Segner
Spanish: mariquita / catarina

Belarusian: кароўка-багоўка (karoŭka-bahoŭka)
Bosnian: buba mara
Bulgarian: калинка (kalinka) / калинка-малинка (kalinka-malinka) / божа кравица (boža kravica)
Czech: slunéčko / sluníčko ("little sun") / beruška
Polish: biedronka
Russian: божья коровка (bož'ja korovka) ("god's little cow")
Slovak: lienka / pánbožkova kravička
Slovenian: pikapolonica
Ukrainian: сонечко (sonečko) ("little sun")

Latvian: mārīte

Breton: buoc'h-Doue, yarig-Doue, c'hwilig-Doue
Cornish: bughik-Duw
Irish: bóín Dé / bó shamraidh / bóín samraidh
Welsh: buwch goch gota

Greek: πασχαλίτσα (pasxalítsa)

Hindi: सोनपाखरा (sonpākhrā)

Estonian: lepatriinu
Finnish: leppäkerttu
Hungarian: katicabogár

Azeri: parabüzən / xallı bəzək
Turkish: uğur böceği

Arabic: خنفساء (xunfasāʾ)
Hebrew: מושית (mushit) / פרת משה-רדנו (porat msheh-radenu)

Zulu: umanqulwana

Nama: ǃnāros

Mandarin (Simpl.): 瓢虫 [piáochóng]
Mandarin (Trad.): 瓢蟲 [ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨㄙ ] ("scoop bug")

Japanese: テントウムシ / 天道虫 [tentoumushi]

Korean: 무당벌레 [mudangbeolle]

Mongolian: neüne

Thai: ตัาแมลงเต่าทอง (tuamaelangtathong)

Hawaiian: ponumomi ("jewel beetle")
Indonesian: kumbang kecil
Maori: kumbang

Vietnamese: bọ rùa ("turtle bug")

Greenlandic: qalerualik ("top coat") / oqilaaluk ("heavy-footed") / aamanganiaq ("red stone")
Inuktitut: aumanganiaq / minnguq aupaluktuq ("red beetle")

Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏨᏍᎩ ᏨᏍᎪᏱ dídajvsgi jvsgóyi (this is the generic word for beetle)

Quechua: k'uslulu

Esperanto: kokcinelo
Interlingua: coccinella
Lojban: cakcinki
lwe-ltelk: er-bin (bug-spot)

[Olinguito]

Afrikaans: lieweheersbesie / liewenheersbesie ("dear lord's creature")
Danish: mariehøne ("St. Mary's Hen")
Dutch: Lieveheersbeestje ("dear lord's creature")
English: ladybug (US); ladybird (UK)
Frisian: krupelhiutsjes
German: Marienkäfer ("St. Mary's beetle")
German (Saxon dialect): Mohtschekiepchen (< "little moo-cow")
Limburgish: levenierebieske / sjmautwurmke
Luxembourgish: Himmelsdéierchen ("little heaven/sky animal")
Norwegian: marihøne ("St. Mary's Hen") / marifly
Swedish: nyckelpiga

Catalan: marieta
French: coccinelle
Italian: coccinella
Latin: coccinella
Occitan: catarineta / galineta
Portuguese: joaninha
Romanian: buburuză
Romansh: bau (da) Nossadunna, bau da noss Segner, magreata , masgola, bouvin da Nossegner, bovin dal Segner
Spanish: mariquita / catarina

Belarusian: кароўка-багоўка (karoŭka-bahoŭka)
Bosnian: buba mara
Bulgarian: калинка (kalinka) / калинка-малинка (kalinka-malinka) / божа кравица (boža kravica)
Czech: slunéčko / sluníčko ("little sun") / beruška
Polish: biedronka
Russian: божья коровка (bož'ja korovka) ("god's little cow")
Slovak: lienka / pánbožkova kravička
Slovenian: pikapolonica
Ukrainian: сонечко (sonečko) ("little sun")

Latvian: mārīte

Breton: buoc'h-Doue, yarig-Doue, c'hwilig-Doue
Cornish: bughik-Duw
Irish: bóín Dé / bó shamraidh / bóín samraidh
Welsh: buwch goch gota

Greek: πασχαλίτσα (pasxalítsa)

Hindi: सोनपाखरा (sonpākhrā)

Estonian: lepatriinu
Finnish: leppäkerttu
Hungarian: katicabogár

Georgian: ჭიამაია (čiamaia)

Azeri: parabüzən / xallı bəzək
Turkish: uğur böceği

Arabic: خنفساء (xunfasāʾ)
Hebrew: מושית (mushit) / פרת משה-רדנו (porat msheh-radenu)

Zulu: umanqulwana

Nama: ǃnāros

Mandarin (Simpl.): 瓢虫 [piáochóng]
Mandarin (Trad.): 瓢蟲 [ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨㄙ ] ("scoop bug")

Japanese: テントウムシ / 天道虫 [tentoumushi]

Korean: 무당벌레 [mudangbeolle]

Mongolian: neüne

Thai: ตัาแมลงเต่าทอง (tuamaelangtathong)

Hawaiian: ponumomi ("jewel beetle")
Indonesian: kumbang kecil
Maori: kumbang

Vietnamese: bọ rùa ("turtle bug")

Greenlandic: qalerualik ("top coat") / oqilaaluk ("heavy-footed") / aamanganiaq ("red stone")
Inuktitut: aumanganiaq / minnguq aupaluktuq ("red beetle")

Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏨᏍᎩ ᏨᏍᎪᏱ dídajvsgi jvsgóyi (this is the generic word for beetle)

Quechua: k'uslulu

Esperanto: kokcinelo
Interlingua: coccinella
Lojban: cakcinki
lwe-ltelk: er-bin (bug-spot)

[IpseDixit]

Ladin

Afrikaans: lieweheersbesie / liewenheersbesie ("dear lord's creature")
Danish: mariehøne ("St. Mary's Hen")
Dutch: Lieveheersbeestje ("dear lord's creature")
English: ladybug (US); ladybird (UK)
Frisian: krupelhiutsjes
German: Marienkäfer ("St. Mary's beetle")
German (Saxon dialect): Mohtschekiepchen (< "little moo-cow")
Limburgish: levenierebieske / sjmautwurmke
Luxembourgish: Himmelsdéierchen ("little heaven/sky animal")
Norwegian: marihøne ("St. Mary's Hen") / marifly
Swedish: nyckelpiga

Catalan: marieta
French: coccinelle
Italian: coccinella
Latin: coccinella
Occitan: catarineta / galineta
Portuguese: joaninha
Romanian: buburuză
Ladin: pitola, pitola de la Madona
Romansh: bau (da) Nossadunna, bau da noss Segner, magreata , masgola, bouvin da Nossegner, bovin dal Segner
Spanish: mariquita / catarina

Belarusian: кароўка-багоўка (karoŭka-bahoŭka)
Bosnian: buba mara
Bulgarian: калинка (kalinka) / калинка-малинка (kalinka-malinka) / божа кравица (boža kravica)
Czech: slunéčko / sluníčko ("little sun") / beruška
Polish: biedronka
Russian: божья коровка (bož'ja korovka) ("god's little cow")
Slovak: lienka / pánbožkova kravička
Slovenian: pikapolonica
Ukrainian: сонечко (sonečko) ("little sun")

Latvian: mārīte

Breton: buoc'h-Doue, yarig-Doue, c'hwilig-Doue
Cornish: bughik-Duw
Irish: bóín Dé / bó shamraidh / bóín samraidh
Welsh: buwch goch gota

Greek: πασχαλίτσα (pasxalítsa)

Hindi: सोनपाखरा (sonpākhrā)

Estonian: lepatriinu
Finnish: leppäkerttu
Hungarian: katicabogár

Georgian: ჭიამაია (čiamaia)

Azeri: parabüzən / xallı bəzək
Turkish: uğur böceği

Arabic: خنفساء (xunfasāʾ)
Hebrew: מושית (mushit) / פרת משה-רדנו (porat msheh-radenu)

Zulu: umanqulwana

Nama: ǃnāros

Mandarin (Simpl.): 瓢虫 [piáochóng]
Mandarin (Trad.): 瓢蟲 [ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨㄙ ] ("scoop bug")

Japanese: テントウムシ / 天道虫 [tentoumushi]

Korean: 무당벌레 [mudangbeolle]

Mongolian: neüne

Thai: ตัาแมลงเต่าทอง (tuamaelangtathong)

Hawaiian: ponumomi ("jewel beetle")
Indonesian: kumbang kecil
Maori: kumbang

Vietnamese: bọ rùa ("turtle bug")

Greenlandic: qalerualik ("top coat") / oqilaaluk ("heavy-footed") / aamanganiaq ("red stone")
Inuktitut: aumanganiaq / minnguq aupaluktuq ("red beetle")

Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏨᏍᎩ ᏨᏍᎪᏱ dídajvsgi jvsgóyi (this is the generic word for beetle)

Quechua: k'uslulu

Esperanto: kokcinelo
Interlingua: coccinella
Lojban: cakcinki
lwe-ltelk: er-bin (bug-spot)

[Linguaphile]

+ Erzya, Inari Saami, Ingrian, Karelian, Komi, Livonian, Lule Saami, Meadow Mari, Northern Saami, Skolt Saami, Udmurt, Veps, Votic, Võro

Afrikaans: lieweheersbesie / liewenheersbesie ("dear lord's creature")
Danish: mariehøne ("St. Mary's Hen")
Dutch: Lieveheersbeestje ("dear lord's creature")
English: ladybug (US); ladybird (UK)
Frisian: krupelhiutsjes
German: Marienkäfer ("St. Mary's beetle")
German (Saxon dialect): Mohtschekiepchen (< "little moo-cow")
Limburgish: levenierebieske / sjmautwurmke
Luxembourgish: Himmelsdéierchen ("little heaven/sky animal")
Norwegian: marihøne ("St. Mary's Hen") / marifly
Swedish: nyckelpiga

Catalan: marieta
French: coccinelle
Italian: coccinella
Latin: coccinella
Occitan: catarineta / galineta
Portuguese: joaninha
Romanian: buburuză
Ladin: pitola, pitola de la Madona
Romansh: bau (da) Nossadunna, bau da noss Segner, magreata , masgola, bouvin da Nossegner, bovin dal Segner
Spanish: mariquita / catarina

Belarusian: кароўка-багоўка (karoŭka-bahoŭka)
Bosnian: buba mara
Bulgarian: калинка (kalinka) / калинка-малинка (kalinka-malinka) / божа кравица (boža kravica)
Czech: slunéčko / sluníčko ("little sun") / beruška
Polish: biedronka
Russian: божья коровка (bož'ja korovka) ("god's little cow")
Slovak: lienka / pánbožkova kravička
Slovenian: pikapolonica
Ukrainian: сонечко (sonečko) ("little sun")

Latvian: mārīte

Breton: buoc'h-Doue, yarig-Doue, c'hwilig-Doue
Cornish: bughik-Duw
Irish: bóín Dé / bó shamraidh / bóín samraidh
Welsh: buwch goch gota

Greek: πασχαλίτσα (pasxalítsa)

Hindi: सोनपाखरा (sonpākhrā)

Erzya: липалей, боярбука
Estonian: lepatriinu
Finnish: leppäkerttu
Hungarian: katicabogár
Inari Saami: tiälkkutivre
Ingrian: tiiroi
Karelian: leppäkerttu, leppäpirkko
Komi-Zyrian: ен гаг, ен бобö
Livonian: mǭmalinki
Lule Saami: tsåhppegåmmbå
Meadow Mari: трай
Northern Saami: dielkogobbá
Skolt Saami: teâlkkteuʹrr
Udmurt: шундымумы, ӵужанайпапа, зоркакы
Veps: jumalanlehmeine
Votic: leppäitikka, leppälintu
Võro: käolehm, käokiräs

Georgian: ჭიამაია (čiamaia)

Azeri: parabüzən / xallı bəzək
Turkish: uğur böceği

Arabic: خنفساء (xunfasāʾ)
Hebrew: מושית (mushit) / פרת משה-רדנו (porat msheh-radenu)

Zulu: umanqulwana

Nama: ǃnāros

Mandarin (Simpl.): 瓢虫 [piáochóng]
Mandarin (Trad.): 瓢蟲 [ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨㄙ ] ("scoop bug")

Japanese: テントウムシ / 天道虫 [tentoumushi]

Korean: 무당벌레 [mudangbeolle]

Mongolian: neüne

Thai: ตัาแมลงเต่าทอง (tuamaelangtathong)

Hawaiian: ponumomi ("jewel beetle")
Indonesian: kumbang kecil
Maori: kumbang

Vietnamese: bọ rùa ("turtle bug")

Greenlandic: qalerualik ("top coat") / oqilaaluk ("heavy-footed") / aamanganiaq ("red stone")
Inuktitut: aumanganiaq / minnguq aupaluktuq ("red beetle")

Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏨᏍᎩ ᏨᏍᎪᏱ dídajvsgi jvsgóyi (this is the generic word for beetle)

Quechua: k'uslulu

Esperanto: kokcinelo
Interlingua: coccinella
Lojban: cakcinki
lwe-ltelk: er-bin (bug-spot)[/quote]