‘paint’,

easy way to type it:    malks

Lolly Metcalf’s Coos Bay Milluk

Americanist Phonetic

 IPA

[ malks ],

 then

[ malks ]

[ mɑlks ],

 then

[ mɑlks ]

Instant Phonetic Englishization:  mah_lks, for Lolly’s version of the word, mah_lqs for Annie’s, with its q made farther back in the throat.