bik

Note that the main adjectival form is bikpela. However, bik is used as a preifx in many compounds to indicate great, important, most prominent, chief, large.

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Modifier forms

1. big ® bikpela

Modifier compound forms

2. bik brata big brother

3. bik bus deep jungle, primary forest; figuratively, a remote, thinly settled area

4. Ocean: bik daun deep ocean ® blu, daun
   bai yu lusim rip na huk long bik daun you’ll leave the reef and fish in the deep sea

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