It depends on the material and intended use, I think
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Lies. It’s from Portuguese. We call it “copo” 
And following my above thinking…
We call the one on top a “copo” and the one on the bottom a “chávena”. Japanese got the former from us, so it makes sense.
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コップ／カップ and グラス／ガラス confuse me the most, but the strangest one I can think of now is スチール for steel. ヒレ (fillet) took a while to get, too.
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コスプレ (cosplay) but プレイ (play).
開けちゃダメ!
Inconsistent!
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