a separate thing, or an item; used as a counter and usually has a number or quantifier with it (see Lockhart); legal party in land sales
Nicān nemî ōntlamantin tlācâ = Two sorts of people live here
ma quimatican: yn quezquitlamantli = let them find out a few things
v ynic sentlamantli niquihohua = First I say
v ynic ontlamantil niquitohua = second I say
v ynic yetlamantli = third I say
v ynic nauhtlamantli = fourth I say
v ynic macuiltlamantli ŷ niquitohua = fifth I say (San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Toluca Valley, 1654)
y 2tli = second
(Pizzigoni writes: "His 'Y 2tli' corresponds to standard ic ontlamantli.") (Santa María de la Asunción, Toluca Valley, 1762)
3–tli nitlanahuatia = 3rd I order (Santa María de la Asunción, Toluca Valley, 1762)
huel meyec tlamatl y mitotique = Mucha variedad hubo de bailes (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
yc otlamatl capitan = segundo capitán (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
Ynic 2 tlamantli = Lo segundo (Ciudad de México, 1583)
Tlamantli indica pares de objetos, cosas parecidas o diferentes.