JRRT even translated all the names the characters' knew each other by into anglophone cultural equivalents, eg the kudugin (which JRRT translates as "hobbits"):

JRRT even translated all the names the characters' knew each other by into anglophone cultural equivalents, eg the kudugin (which JRRT translates as "hobbits"): Maura Labingi Frodo Baggins Banazîr "Ban" Galpsi Samwise "Sam" Gamgee