illiquid
‘not readily converted into cash’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
in- ‘not’ + liquid (in the financial sense) < O.F. liquide ‘liquid, running’ < Lat. liguidus ‘fluid, liquid, moist,’ ‘flowing, continuing’ < liquere ‘be fluid’ related to liqui ‘flow’ < li < lik (Skeat) < Tamil aruvi