Translation of "scarce" into Swahili

We tread a path covered with diamonds, but we can scarcely distinguish them from ordinary pebbles.

Tunatembea katika njia iliyomwagwa almasi, lakini ni nadra tunaweza kuzitofautisha kutokana na changarawe za kawaida.

Although food was scarce, we had our own kitchen, so food was distributed fairly.

Ingawa chakula kilikuwa haba, tulikuwa na chumba chetu cha kupikia, hivyo chakula kiligawanywa kwa usawa.

Good soil was too scarce to be wasted on unfruitful trees.

Walifanya hivyo kwa kuwa sehemu zilizokuwa na udongo wenye rutuba zilikuwa chache.