A word for “dough” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶mazgē under the root ᴹ√MASAG “knead” (Ety/MASAG), where zg unvoiced to sk and then the sk underwent metathesis to ks.
Qenya
makse
noun. meat
makse
noun. dough
má
noun. hand
A noun for “meat” appearing the Quenya Verbal System written in 1948.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I stick to the better-known word ᴹQ. apsa “meat” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/AP). This help avoids a conflict with ᴹQ. makse “dough”, also from The Etymologies (Ety/MASAG).