scarcity oor Xhosa

scarcity

/ˈskɛɹsɪti/ naamwoord

(uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

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This expression simply indicates the scarcity of wine.
Eli binzana lithetha ukunqaba kwewayini.

Scarcity

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TIMBER, particularly that of the native variety, is rapidly becoming a scarcity.
IMITHI yokwenza amaplanga, ngokukodwa leyo yomthonyama, iya inqongophala.

(Genesis 13:10; Exodus 3:8) Moses called it “a good land, a land of torrent valleys of water, springs and watery deeps issuing forth in the valley plain and in the mountainous region, a land of wheat and barley and vines and figs and pomegranates, a land of oil olives and honey, a land in which you will not eat bread with scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land the stones of which are iron and out of the mountains of which you will mine copper.”—Deuteronomy 8:7-9.
(Genesis 13:10; Eksodus 3:8) UMoses wathi ‘lilizwe elihle; ilizwe lemilanjana yamanzi, lemithombo namanzi enzonzobila, aphuma ezihlanjeni nasezintabeni; ezweni lengqolowa, nerhasi, neediliya, nemikhiwane, neerharnate; ilizwe leminquma yeoli, nobusi; ilizwe ongayi kudla sonka kulo uyimbedlenge, ongayi kuswela nanye into kulo; ilizwe elimatye asinyithi, elintaba womba ubhedu kuzo.’—Duteronomi 8:7-9.

In this regard Sandra Postel, in her book Last Oasis—Facing Water Scarcity, explains: “We need a water ethic—a guide to right conduct in the face of complex decisions about natural systems we do not and cannot fully understand.”
Kulo mba uSandra Postel, wathi kwincwadi yakhe ethi Last Oasis—Facing Water Scarcity: “Kufuneka kubekho umgaqo olawula ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi—ulwalathiso oluza kulandelwa xa kujanyelwene nezigqibo ezinzima eziphathelele inkqubo yokwemvelo esingenakuyiqonda ngokupheleleyo.”

Those who face water scarcity every day understand the problem only too well.
Abo banqatyelwa ngamanzi mihla le bayazi kakuhle le ngxaki.

In those days the scarcity and cost of writing materials meant that old papyri could not be wasted.
Ngezo mini ukunqongophala nokuxabiseka kwezinto zokubhala kwakuthetha ukuba amaphepha enziwe ngemizi amadala ayefanele asetyenziswe ngononophelo.

A well was a valuable asset because of the general scarcity of water and the labor required to dig a deep well.
Iqula laliyinto exabisekileyo ngenxa yokunqaba kwamanzi ngokubanzi nangenxa yomsebenzi obakho xa kusembiwa iqula elinzulu.

Water scarcity
Ukunqaba kwamanzi

And the wells are running dry not just in drought-prone areas but also in areas not traditionally associated with water scarcity.”
Yaye amaqula ayoma, kungekuphela nje kwiindawo ezidla ngokuba nembalela kodwa nakwiindawo ezingenangxaki yokuphelelwa ngamanzi.”

Yet, not all who live in lands of acute scarcity are affected equally.
Kanti, abantu abahlala kumazwe iinkuni ezinqongophele gqitha kuwo abachaphazeleki ngokufanayo.

They have been able to serve in areas where the local Kingdom publishers could not serve on account of the scarcity of secular work.
Aye akwazi ukukhonza kwiindawo apho abavakalisi boBukumkani basekuhlaleni bengakwazi ukukhonza khona ngenxa yokunqongophala komsebenzi wokuziphilisa.

Although those living in rural areas usually do not have to pay for their wood, its scarcity adds greatly to the time spent gathering it.
Nangona abo bahlala emaphandleni ngokuqhelekileyo kungeyomfuneko ukuba bazihlawulele iinkuni zabo, ukunqongophala kwazo kubangela ukuba badleke ixesha elininzi betheza.

But these words pointed to such scarcity of food that one oven would be sufficient to handle all the baking done by ten women.
Kodwa la mazwi ayebhekisela ekunqongophaleni kokutya kangangokude abafazi abalishumi bakwazi ukubhaka kwionti enye.

This expression simply indicates the scarcity of wine.
Eli binzana lithetha ukunqaba kwewayini.

True, there were economic problems, and there was a scarcity of food.
Liyinyaniso elokuba, kwakukho iingxaki zoqoqosho, yaye kwakunqongophele ukutya.

The reason is not so much a scarcity of water or inadequate technologies as a lack of social and political commitment to meeting the basic needs of the poor.
Isizathu soko asikokunqongophala kwamanzi okanye ukungabikho kobugcisa obufanelekileyo bokwenza oko kodwa kukusilela kwebutho labantu nezobupolitika ukuzimisela ekwaneliseni iimfuno ezisisiseko zabantu abangamahlwempu.

Politicians admit that water scarcity is largely a man-made problem and that it poses a grave danger.
Abantu beepolitiki bayavuma ukuba ngabantu ababangele ukuba amanzi anqabe kwaye loo nto isibeka engozini enkulu.

The articles include a resourceful diagram of ‘Some of the World’s Major Environmental Problems,’ which maps places suffering from deforestation, toxic wastes, atmospheric pollution, water scarcity, species endangered, and land degradation.
Amanqaku aquka umzobo onenkcazelo ‘Ephathelele Ezinye Iingxaki Eziphambili Zemekobume’ obonisa indawo ethwaxwa kukutshatyalaliswa kwamahlathi, yinkukuma enetyhefu, kukungcoliswa komoya, kukunqaba kwamanzi, iintlobontlobo zezinto eziphilayo zisengozini, nokonakaliswa komhlaba.

During 2004 the island nation of Haiti suffered from political unrest, violence, a scarcity of essential commodities, and soaring prices.
Ebudeni bowama-2004 ilizwe elisesiqithini laseHaiti liye lathwaxwa zizidubedube zezobupolitika, ugonyamelo, ukungabikho kwezinto eziyimfuneko nokunyuka kwamaxabiso.

Poverty, deteriorating environment, and scarcity of resources only add to the hardship.
Ubuhlwempu, ukuwohloka kwemeko-bume nokunqaba kobuncwane bemvelo kubangela ubunzima obungakumbi.

The general insecurity and the scarcity of provisions presented many challenges, but the love of the local brothers more than compensated for those inconveniences.
Ukungabikho kokhuseleko nokunqongophala kwezinto kwakubangela iingxaki ezininzi, kodwa uthando lwabazalwana basekuhlaleni lwazigubungela zonke ezo zinto.

Water scarcity.
Ukunqaba kwamanzi.

Consider the rising scarcity of freshwater supplies and the problem of acid rain.
Qwalasela ukunqaba okwandayo kwamanzi acocekileyo nengxaki yemvula eneasidi.

Because of extreme scarcity, steel for the project had been imported from 370 miles [600 km] away!
Ngenxa yokunqongophala ngokugqithisileyo, iintsimbi zokwenza loo msebenzi zazithengwa kwelinye ilizwe elikwiikhilomitha ezingama-600 ukusuka apho!

Earthscan researchers write in their book Fuelwood —The Energy Crisis That Won’t Go Away: “All such measures together [to combat the fuelwood crisis] cannot fully ease the burdens that fuel scarcity and rising wood prices will impose on the poor.”
Abaphandi be-Earthscan babhala oku kwincwadi yabo ethi Fuelwood —The Energy Crisis That Won’t Go Away: “Ewonke loo manyathelo [okulwa nengxaki yeenkuni zokubasa] awanakuwushenxisa ngokupheleleyo umthwalo onzulu oya kubangelwa kukunqongophala kwezinto zokubasa nokunyuka kwamaxabiso eenkuni kubantu abangamahlwempu.

(Proverbs 6:9-11) While the lazy one is supine, poverty overtakes him with the speed of a bandit, and scarcity attacks him like an armed man.
(IMizekeliso 6:9-11) Ngoxa lowo ulivila elibele kukudangala, ubuhlwempu bufika kuye ngathi ufikelwe ngabaphangi, kuze ukuswela kumhlasele ngokungathi uhlaselwa yindoda exhobileyo.