Somalis love camels, and especially camel milk. The word for camels in Somali is 'geel'. It is a plural noun, so you use it to talk about camels in general, similar to the English plural noun 'sheep'. The word for a single female camel is 'hal' . The word for camel milk in Somali is 'caano geel'. It is extremely nutricious. Somalis live in a semi-arid environment where it is hard to grow vegetables. Most of the vitamins they need, they get from camel's milk. They prefer it to cow's milk (caanaha lo'da). Milk and meat are the main staple foods of the Somalis.
caanaha geela - the camel's milk
caanaha lo'da - the cow's milk
caanahaas - that milk
geelaas -those camels
Caano geel baan jeclahay - I like camel's milk
caafimaad (ka) - health
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