scarce
adj 1 haba. 2 -adimu, nadra. be ~ adimika food became ~ chakula kiliadimika. make oneself ~ (colloq) potea, toweka, jifanya adimu ~ goods/commodities bidhaa haba/adimu. scarcity n. ~ ly adv kwa shida, si sana, kidogo sana, kwa nadra; si yamkini I ~ly know what to say hata sijui la kusema he had ~ly arrived when alifika tu mara.