I shall try to think of “-ko” as a feminine suffix. I’m looking at you, Kinko’s.
Parsing it that way makes me think of “Kinko” as an incredibly cute name, especially if I interpret “kin” as a word—so “kinko” would mean something like “little female cousin” or “little sister” or something.
Parsing it that way makes me think of “Kinko” as an incredibly cute name, especially if I interpret “kin” as a word—so “kinko” would mean something like “little female cousin” or “little sister” or something.
Kin actually means gold/metal, so it would mean “gold child”, so golden girl! That would be adorable!
I didn’t know that “kin” was even a word in Japanese; I was parsing it as English. “Gold child” is adorable too!