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 Corsican ""nidicà "" 

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 pèlu lu singhjari E la gallina faci l'ovu Senza mancu nidicà 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 { nidicà }.  I don't know what the Corsican word nidicà means and the quote doesnt 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)
 Thats what my brother guessed this afternoon.  I think that makes the most sense.  The meaning of the proverb, however, still doesnt 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)"