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On this page you can enter English cues (words or very short phrases) to directly find Dogon equivalents. The cues will be matched to elements in our short glosses (i.e. the finder list). For example, if you enter "sheep" you will get several items corresponding to either "sheep" or "sheep breed" in our finder list, and fuller English definitions will be given along with the Dogon words. By entering "farm" you will get words corresponding to "farmer" and "farming". By entering "cut" you will get words corresponding to "cut throat, slaughter", "butchery cut", "piece (cut)", "slash, cut", "cut", "cut off", "cut off, sever", "cut up", "cut, slide", and "cut, strips". In some cases the word you enter may be part of a longer word with the result that you get unwanted hits; for example, by entering "hell" you will get words corresponding to "shell" as well as to "hell". We will periodically modify the finder lists to increase the likelihood of useful hits. Eventually we will have the French language version working, which in some cases will help avoid unwanted correspondences. Please be patient with your searches. Results may take a few seconds (spinning icon may disappear for several seconds before displaying large results).