Corsican nidic Hi Perl I didn t know if you d seen the response to your question so I moved it here as the village pump is getting too large 23 12 Mar 9 2004 UTC On my userpage I include the Corsican proverb Quandu ellu canta lu cuccu Muta p lu lu singhjari E la gallina faci l ovu Senza mancu nidic lu This translates to When the cuckoo sings the wild boar changes skin pelt and the hen is able to lay an egg without the same nidic I don t know what the Corsican word nidic means and the quote does nt make that much sense either Anyone know enough Corsican to help me out 15 31 1 Mar 2004 UTC Perhaps nest Nidus means nest in Latin and nid is nest in French 21 47 1 Mar 2004 UTC That s what my brother guessed this afternoon I think that makes the most sense The meaning of the proverb however still does nt make sense to me 21 58 1 Mar 2004 UTC I presume this proverb has something to do with the fact that the cuckoo lays her egg in the nest of another bird 02 14 2 Mar 2004 UTC