Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *krɨăŋ ( ~ g)
Meaning: village, town
Tibetan: groŋ house, village, town.
Lepcha: krjăŋ a small house or shed as to afford shelter to watchman over fields
Comments: Trung krɔŋ1 village. Coblin 156 compares the Tib. form with OCh. 巷 *grōŋs lane, street. Cf. Austric: PAA *ro:ŋ 'hall, house', Thai *rɔ:ŋ 'building'.