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saus, sigh, size, sy numeral six 19-. Compare shaigh etymology: possibly a development from Romany sho with the same meaning but compare Gaelic sé, sia ‘six’; form saus, size shaigh also collected by Simson (1865); other forms attested by Galloway and Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies; form shay attested in Shelta note:

Grellmann (1787) collected various forms for this numeral: tschowe, schow, sof from Continental gipsies.