Westron to have been "Kalimac Brandagamba", short "Kali" (meaning jolly, merry). 'Meriadoc', short 'Merry', is designed to maintain the reference to merriness contained in the original name. Likewise Peregrin Took's actual name was "Razanur Tûc", short "Razar" (name of a small apple). 'Peregrin', short 'Pippin' contained both the actual meaning of the full name (traveller, stranger) and the reference to an apple. Sam Gamgee (shortened from Samwise Gammidgy) was actually named "Ban Galpsi", short for "Banazîr Galbasi". The ending of the 'true' Hobbit name Bilbo was also changed: in Westron it was "Bilba", but Tolkien changed this to "-o" because "-a"
Fictional food and drink in Middle-earth and cream-coloured on the inside. The making of "Lembas" is a closely guarded secret, and only on rare occasions is it given to non-Elves. Like other products of the Elves, it is offensive to evil creatures; Gollum outright refuses to eat it, even when faced with starvation. Melian, the queen of Doriath, originally held this recipe. Later it was passed to Galadriel and other Elves. Galadriel gives a large store of "lembas" to the Fellowship of the Ring upon its departure from Lothlórien. Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee subsist on it through the majority of their journey from there into